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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	France	Albania	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	60,396	3,085	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,811	3,065	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	61,255	3,047	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,703	3,038	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	62,141	3,026	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,600	3,014	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	63,073	2,998	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,513	2,979	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,906	2,957	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,264	2,934	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,594	2,915	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	64,913	2,900	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,231	2,892	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,552	2,888	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	65,891	2,882	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,212	2,876	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,480	2,868	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	66,730	2,863	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,015	2,861	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,347	2,854	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,660	2,842	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,901	2,825	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,114	2,799	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,387	2,787	6,291

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.

All data sources

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, Albania, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.