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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Yemen	France
Dec 31, 1999	70	16,728	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	71	17,236	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	71	17,762	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	72	18,310	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	72	18,855	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	72	19,410	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	72	20,000	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	72	20,611	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,236	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	73	21,878	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	73	22,533	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	73	23,195	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	73	23,880	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	73	24,594	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	73	25,311	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	73	26,020	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	74	26,698	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	74	27,347	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	74	27,985	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	74	28,608	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	75	29,216	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	75	29,811	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	76	30,399	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	76	31,058	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 Dominica, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.