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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BangladeshBurkina FasoFrance
132,90711,07560,396
135,20711,40560,811
137,42011,82861,255
139,57312,38061,703
141,65012,82962,141
143,64413,17862,600
145,54613,54063,073
147,37613,91763,513
149,04714,30963,906
150,56214,72264,264
152,18915,15264,594
153,92715,60064,913
155,63416,06465,231
157,32616,56365,552
158,99917,07265,891
160,65017,57566,212
162,27318,09466,480
163,93818,62166,730
165,65519,15767,015
167,35819,69867,347
169,04520,24267,660
170,70920,78867,901
172,35421,33668,114
174,21721,88968,387

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.