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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	France	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	60,396	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,811	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	61,255	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,703	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	62,141	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,600	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	63,073	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,513	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,906	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,264	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,594	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	64,913	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,231	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,552	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	65,891	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,212	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,480	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	66,730	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,015	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,347	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,660	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,901	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,114	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,387	29,417

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