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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Philippines	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	79,346	273
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	81,131	274
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	83,023	275
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	84,876	276
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	86,697	278
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	88,568	279
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	90,418	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	92,253	281
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	94,098	282
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	95,923	283
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	97,627	285
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	99,317	286
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	100,999	287
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	102,618	288
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	104,299	289
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	106,076	290
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	107,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	109,493	291
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	111,094	292
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	112,843	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	114,636	294
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	117,026	294
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	119,473	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	121,234	295

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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