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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 FranceOmanHong Kong SAR China
60,3962,3486,587
60,8112,4036,646
61,2552,4576,695
61,7032,5106,725
62,1412,5626,712
62,6002,6136,765
63,0732,6636,794
63,5132,7136,838
63,9062,7646,897
64,2642,8166,938
64,5942,8716,953
64,9132,9287,004
65,2312,9867,052
65,5523,0477,130
65,8913,1107,159
66,2123,1747,209
66,4803,2407,271
66,7303,3077,316
67,0153,3757,372
67,3473,4447,432
67,6603,5127,487
67,9013,5827,460
68,1143,6517,392
68,3873,6967,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.