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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Oman	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	2,348	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	2,403	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	2,457	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	2,510	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	2,562	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	2,613	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	2,663	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	2,713	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	2,764	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	2,816	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	2,871	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	2,928	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	2,986	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	3,047	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	3,110	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	3,174	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	3,240	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	3,307	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	3,375	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	3,444	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	3,512	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	3,582	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	3,651	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	3,696	13,087

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.