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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaCongo - KinshasaFrance
2737051,18160,396
2747152,78260,811
2757154,45361,255
2767256,17061,703
2787257,86062,141
2797259,59962,600
2807261,47463,073
2817263,47963,513
2827265,59063,906
2837367,80064,264
2857370,11464,594
2867372,55064,913
2877375,13865,231
2887377,79265,552
2897380,53465,891
2907383,36866,212
2917486,22966,480
2917489,19366,730
2927492,20967,015
2937495,23267,347
2947598,32067,660
29475101,49967,901
29576104,76768,114
29576108,17168,387

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

France

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
  • 1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
  • 1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

No separate list is published for Barbados, Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.