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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 BarbadosFranceOmanLithuania
27360,3962,3483,419
27460,8112,4033,395
27561,2552,4573,367
27661,7032,5103,340
27862,1412,5623,313
27962,6002,6133,276
28063,0732,6633,223
28163,5132,7133,172
28263,9062,7643,134
28364,2642,8163,102
28564,5942,8713,068
28664,9132,9283,004
28765,2312,9862,937
28865,5523,0472,898
28965,8913,1102,869
29066,2123,1742,844
29166,4803,2402,818
29166,7303,3072,782
29267,0153,3752,744
29367,3473,4442,718
29467,6603,5122,710
29467,9013,5822,711
29568,1143,6512,724
29568,3873,6962,748

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, Oman, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.