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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 BarbadosMaltaAlbaniaFrance
2733873,08560,396
2743903,06560,811
2753933,04761,255
2763963,03861,703
2783983,02662,141
2794013,01462,600
2804042,99863,073
2814052,97963,513
2824062,95763,906
2834092,93464,264
2854122,91564,594
2864142,90064,913
2874162,89265,231
2884202,88865,552
2894262,88265,891
2904352,87666,212
2914452,86866,480
2914552,86366,730
2924682,86167,015
2934852,85467,347
2945042,84267,660
2945162,82567,901
2955182,79968,114
2955302,78768,387

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