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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 BarbadosMaliOmanFrance
27310,5962,34860,396
27410,8332,40360,811
27510,8902,45761,255
27611,0072,51061,703
27811,3072,56262,141
27911,5792,61362,600
28011,8042,66363,073
28112,0432,71363,513
28212,3372,76463,906
28312,6572,81664,264
28512,9862,87164,594
28613,3252,92864,913
28713,6792,98665,231
28814,0403,04765,552
28914,4123,11065,891
29014,8033,17466,212
29115,2103,24066,480
29115,6293,30766,730
29216,0603,37567,015
29316,5073,44467,347
29416,9673,51267,660
29417,4423,58267,901
29517,9303,65168,114
29518,4943,69668,387

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.

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