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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Congo - Kinshasa	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	51,181	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	52,782	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	54,453	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	56,170	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	57,860	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	59,599	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	61,474	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	63,479	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	65,590	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	67,800	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	70,114	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	72,550	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	75,138	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	77,792	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	80,534	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	83,368	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	86,229	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	89,193	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	92,209	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	95,232	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	98,320	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	101,499	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	104,767	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	108,171	2,787

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.