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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 EthiopiaOmanFrance
63,5752,34860,396
65,2132,40360,811
66,8892,45761,255
68,6492,51061,703
70,4912,56262,141
72,3892,61362,600
74,3272,66363,073
76,3262,71363,513
78,4112,76463,906
80,5642,81664,264
82,7872,87164,594
85,0962,92864,913
87,5302,98665,231
90,0663,04765,552
92,6323,11065,891
95,3373,17466,212
98,1143,24066,480
100,8583,30766,730
103,6543,37567,015
106,4663,44467,347
109,2673,51267,660
112,1003,58267,901
114,9643,65168,114
117,9243,69668,387

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 Ethiopia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.