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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Switzerland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	7,258	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	7,296	274
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	7,332	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	7,384	276
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	7,438	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	7,488	279
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	7,532	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	7,579	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	7,647	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	7,738	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	7,825	285
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	7,884	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	7,959	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	8,044	288
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	8,137	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	8,237	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	8,332	291
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	8,423	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	8,502	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	8,565	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	8,626	294
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	8,689	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	8,756	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	8,834	295

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

Switzerland

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
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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