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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 FranceAlbaniaBosnia & Herzegovina
60,3963,0853,811
60,8113,0653,901
61,2553,0473,919
61,7033,0383,923
62,1413,0263,940
62,6003,0143,975
63,0732,9983,991
63,5132,9793,993
63,9062,9573,990
64,2642,9343,987
64,5942,9153,985
64,9132,9003,983
65,2312,8923,980
65,5522,8883,977
65,8912,8823,973
66,2122,8763,968
66,4802,8683,963
66,7302,8633,957
67,0152,8613,951
67,3472,8543,944
67,6602,8423,937
67,9012,8253,929
68,1142,7993,921
68,3872,7873,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.