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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	Malta	Congo - Kinshasa	France
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	51,181	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	52,782	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	54,453	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	56,170	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	57,860	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	59,599	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	61,474	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	63,479	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	65,590	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	67,800	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	70,114	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	72,550	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	75,138	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	77,792	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	80,534	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	83,368	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	86,229	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	89,193	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	92,209	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	95,232	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	98,320	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	101,499	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	104,767	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	108,171	68,387

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, Malta, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.