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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Nigeria	France
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	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.

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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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.