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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 BarbadosDominicaFranceMoldova
2737060,3964,244
2747160,8114,199
2757161,2554,154
2767261,7034,108
2787262,1414,059
2797262,6004,013
2807263,0733,966
2817263,5133,919
2827263,9063,873
2837364,2643,829
2857364,5943,788
2867364,9133,748
2877365,2313,709
2887365,5523,671
2897365,8913,633
2907366,2123,595
2917466,4803,558
2917466,7303,522
2927467,0153,485
2937467,3473,448
2947567,6603,412
2947567,9013,376
2957668,1143,339
2957668,3873,570

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, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.