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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	60,396	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,811	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	61,255	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,703	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	62,141	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,600	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	63,073	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,513	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,906	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,264	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,594	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	64,913	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,231	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,552	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	65,891	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,212	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,480	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	66,730	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,015	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,347	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,660	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,901	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,114	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,387	30,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.