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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 FranceOmanYemen
60,3962,34816,728
60,8112,40317,236
61,2552,45717,762
61,7032,51018,310
62,1412,56218,855
62,6002,61319,410
63,0732,66320,000
63,5132,71320,611
63,9062,76421,236
64,2642,81621,878
64,5942,87122,533
64,9132,92823,195
65,2312,98623,880
65,5523,04724,594
65,8913,11025,311
66,2123,17426,020
66,4803,24026,698
66,7303,30727,347
67,0153,37527,985
67,3473,44428,608
67,6603,51229,216
67,9013,58229,811
68,1143,65130,399
68,3873,69631,058

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