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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 FranceBurkina FasoLibya
60,39611,0754,993
60,81111,4055,116
61,25511,8285,237
61,70312,3805,357
62,14112,8295,476
62,60013,1785,595
63,07313,5405,715
63,51313,9175,835
63,90614,3095,967
64,26414,7226,115
64,59415,1526,270
64,91315,6006,432
65,23116,0646,144
65,55216,5635,849
65,89117,0726,010
66,21217,5756,163
66,48018,0946,291
66,73018,6216,415
67,01519,1576,549
67,34719,6986,689
67,66020,2426,826
67,90120,7886,960
68,11421,3367,088
68,38721,8897,169

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 Burkina Faso, Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.