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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 BarbadosFranceOmanMalta
27360,3962,348387
27460,8112,403390
27561,2552,457393
27661,7032,510396
27862,1412,562398
27962,6002,613401
28063,0732,663404
28163,5132,713405
28263,9062,764406
28364,2642,816409
28564,5942,871412
28664,9132,928414
28765,2312,986416
28865,5523,047420
28965,8913,110426
29066,2123,174435
29166,4803,240445
29166,7303,307455
29267,0153,375468
29367,3473,444485
29467,6603,512504
29467,9013,582516
29568,1143,651518
29568,3873,696530

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