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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 FranceOmanBurkina Faso
60,3962,34811,075
60,8112,40311,405
61,2552,45711,828
61,7032,51012,380
62,1412,56212,829
62,6002,61313,178
63,0732,66313,540
63,5132,71313,917
63,9062,76414,309
64,2642,81614,722
64,5942,87115,152
64,9132,92815,600
65,2312,98616,064
65,5523,04716,563
65,8913,11017,072
66,2123,17417,575
66,4803,24018,094
66,7303,30718,621
67,0153,37519,157
67,3473,44419,698
67,6603,51220,242
67,9013,58220,788
68,1143,65121,336
68,3873,69621,889

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