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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 BarbadosLuxembourgOmanFrance
2734332,34860,396
2744382,40360,811
2754432,45761,255
2764482,51061,703
2784542,56262,141
2794602,61362,600
2804672,66363,073
2814742,71363,513
2824822,76463,906
2834912,81664,264
2855002,87164,594
2865092,92864,913
2875212,98665,231
2885333,04765,552
2895473,11065,891
2905603,17466,212
2915713,24066,480
2915863,30766,730
2925993,37567,015
2936103,44467,347
2946233,51267,660
2946333,58267,901
2956433,65168,114
2956513,69668,387

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