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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 FranceAlbaniaOmanBarbados
60,3963,0852,348273
60,8113,0652,403274
61,2553,0472,457275
61,7033,0382,510276
62,1413,0262,562278
62,6003,0142,613279
63,0732,9982,663280
63,5132,9792,713281
63,9062,9572,764282
64,2642,9342,816283
64,5942,9152,871285
64,9132,9002,928286
65,2312,8922,986287
65,5522,8883,047288
65,8912,8823,110289
66,2122,8763,174290
66,4802,8683,240291
66,7302,8633,307291
67,0152,8613,375292
67,3472,8543,444293
67,6602,8423,512294
67,9012,8253,582294
68,1142,7993,651295
68,3872,7873,696295

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.

All data sources

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