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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	France	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	70	60,396	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	71	60,811	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	71	61,255	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	72	61,703	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	72	62,141	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	72	62,600	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	72	63,073	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,513	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	72	63,906	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	73	64,264	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	73	64,594	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	73	64,913	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	73	65,231	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	73	65,552	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	73	65,891	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	73	66,212	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	74	66,480	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	74	66,730	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	74	67,015	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	74	67,347	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	75	67,660	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	75	67,901	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	76	68,114	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	76	68,387	5,907

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 Dominica, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.