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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Oman	Indonesia
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	2,348	208,105
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	2,403	211,408
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	2,457	214,475
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	2,510	217,516
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	2,562	220,549
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	2,613	224,473
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	2,663	227,534
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	2,713	230,739
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	2,764	233,918
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	2,816	237,056
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	2,871	240,140
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	2,928	243,171
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	2,986	246,150
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	3,047	249,086
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	3,110	251,947
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	3,174	254,702
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	3,240	257,351
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	3,307	259,906
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	3,375	262,379
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	3,444	264,789
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	3,512	267,142
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	3,582	269,437
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	3,651	271,674
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	3,696	273,409

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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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