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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	51,181	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	52,782	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	54,453	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	56,170	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	57,860	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	59,599	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	61,474	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	63,479	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	65,590	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	67,800	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	70,114	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	72,550	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	75,138	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	77,792	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	80,534	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	83,368	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	86,229	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	89,193	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	92,209	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	95,232	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	98,320	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	101,499	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	104,767	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	108,171	3,696

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