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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Bangladesh	France
Dec 31, 1999	70	132,907	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	71	135,207	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	71	137,420	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	72	139,573	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	72	141,650	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	72	143,644	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	72	145,546	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	72	147,376	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	72	149,047	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	73	150,562	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	73	152,189	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	73	153,927	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	73	155,634	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	73	157,326	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	73	158,999	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	73	160,650	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	74	162,273	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	74	163,938	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	74	165,655	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	74	167,358	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	75	169,045	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	75	170,709	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	76	172,354	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	76	174,217	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

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 Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.