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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 FasoPuerto Rico
60,39611,0753,800
60,81111,4053,811
61,25511,8283,819
61,70312,3803,824
62,14112,8293,826
62,60013,1783,827
63,07313,5403,822
63,51313,9173,805
63,90614,3093,783
64,26414,7223,761
64,59415,1523,741
64,91315,6003,722
65,23116,0643,679
65,55216,5633,636
65,89117,0723,589
66,21217,5753,534
66,48018,0943,473
66,73018,6213,411
67,01519,1573,352
67,34719,6983,295
67,66020,2423,268
67,90120,7883,247
68,11421,3363,232
68,38721,8893,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.