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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Mali	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	10,596	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	10,833	274
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	10,890	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	11,007	276
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	11,307	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	11,579	279
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	11,804	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	12,043	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	12,337	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	12,657	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	12,986	285
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	13,325	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	13,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	14,040	288
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	14,412	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	14,803	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	15,210	291
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	15,629	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	16,060	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	16,507	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	16,967	294
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	17,442	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	17,930	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	18,494	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

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