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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Oman	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	2,348	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	2,403	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	2,457	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	2,510	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	2,562	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	2,613	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	2,663	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	2,713	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	2,764	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	2,816	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	2,871	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	2,928	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	2,986	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	3,047	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	3,110	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	3,174	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	3,240	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	3,307	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	3,375	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	3,444	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	3,512	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	3,582	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	3,651	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	3,696	47,625

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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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