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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 BarbadosSudanOmanFrance
27326,1682,34860,396
27426,7712,40360,811
27527,3872,45761,255
27628,0172,51061,703
27828,6622,56262,141
27929,3212,61362,600
28029,9962,66363,073
28130,6862,71363,513
28231,3932,76463,906
28332,1372,81664,264
28533,0782,87164,594
28633,8912,92864,913
28734,5682,98665,231
28835,2933,04765,552
28936,0933,11065,891
29037,0583,17466,212
29138,1653,24066,480
29139,2943,30766,730
29240,5123,37567,015
29341,7643,44467,347
29442,9523,51267,660
29444,1213,58267,901
29545,2903,65168,114
29546,4983,69668,387

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