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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 Burkina FasoFranceQatar
11,07560,396627
11,40560,811659
11,82861,255691
12,38061,703724
12,82962,141757
13,17862,600850
13,54063,0731,001
13,91763,5131,153
14,30963,9061,306
14,72264,2641,460
15,15264,5941,615
15,60064,9131,770
16,06465,2311,904
16,56365,5522,010
17,07265,8912,103
17,57566,2122,187
18,09466,4802,261
18,62166,7302,326
19,15767,0152,384
19,69867,3472,435
20,24267,6602,480
20,78867,9012,519
21,33668,1142,553
21,88968,3872,559

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