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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 FranceMoldovaLuxembourg
60,3964,244433
60,8114,199438
61,2554,154443
61,7034,108448
62,1414,059454
62,6004,013460
63,0733,966467
63,5133,919474
63,9063,873482
64,2643,829491
64,5943,788500
64,9133,748509
65,2313,709521
65,5523,671533
65,8913,633547
66,2123,595560
66,4803,558571
66,7303,522586
67,0153,485599
67,3473,448610
67,6603,412623
67,9013,376633
68,1143,339643
68,3873,570651

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 Moldova, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.