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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	France	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	60,396	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,811	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	61,255	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,703	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	62,141	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,600	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	63,073	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,513	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,906	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,264	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,594	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	64,913	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,231	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,552	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	65,891	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,212	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,480	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	66,730	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,015	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,347	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,660	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,901	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,114	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,387	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.