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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 FranceOmanSierra Leone
60,3962,3483,736
60,8112,4033,809
61,2552,4574,043
61,7032,5104,287
62,1412,5624,466
62,6002,6134,602
63,0732,6634,708
63,5132,7134,818
63,9062,7644,918
64,2642,8165,023
64,5942,8715,132
64,9132,9285,246
65,2312,9865,364
65,5523,0475,486
65,8913,1105,613
66,2123,1745,744
66,4803,2405,879
66,7303,3076,019
67,0153,3756,163
67,3473,4446,312
67,6603,5126,461
67,9013,5826,611
68,1143,6516,761
68,3873,6966,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.