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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cameroon	Burkina Faso	France
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	11,075	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	11,405	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	11,828	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	12,380	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	12,829	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	13,178	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	13,540	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	13,917	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	14,309	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	14,722	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	15,152	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	15,600	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	16,064	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	16,563	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	17,072	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	17,575	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	18,094	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	18,621	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	19,157	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	19,698	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	20,242	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	20,788	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	21,336	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	21,889	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

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