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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 FranceOmanBosnia & Herzegovina
60,3962,3483,811
60,8112,4033,901
61,2552,4573,919
61,7032,5103,923
62,1412,5623,940
62,6002,6133,975
63,0732,6633,991
63,5132,7133,993
63,9062,7643,990
64,2642,8163,987
64,5942,8713,985
64,9132,9283,983
65,2312,9863,980
65,5523,0473,977
65,8913,1103,973
66,2123,1743,968
66,4803,2403,963
66,7303,3073,957
67,0153,3753,951
67,3473,4443,944
67,6603,5123,937
67,9013,5823,929
68,1143,6513,921
68,3873,6963,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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