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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	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	60,396	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,811	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	275	61,255	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,703	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	278	62,141	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,600	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	280	63,073	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,513	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,906	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,264	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,594	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	286	64,913	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,231	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,552	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	289	65,891	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,212	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,480	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	291	66,730	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,015	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,347	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,660	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,901	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,114	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,387	31,337

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