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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Barbados	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	273	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	274	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	275	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	276	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	278	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	279	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	280	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	281	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	282	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	283	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	285	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	286	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	287	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	288	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	289	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	290	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	291	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	291	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	292	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	293	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	294	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	294	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	295	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	295	2,048

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

North Macedonia

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

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