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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 FrancePuerto RicoDenmark
60,3963,8005,322
60,8113,8115,339
61,2553,8195,358
61,7033,8245,377
62,1413,8265,391
62,6003,8275,404
63,0733,8225,420
63,5133,8055,438
63,9063,7835,461
64,2643,7615,494
64,5943,7415,524
64,9133,7225,548
65,2313,6795,571
65,5523,6365,592
65,8913,5895,614
66,2123,5345,644
66,4803,4735,683
66,7303,4115,730
67,0153,3525,766
67,3473,2955,795
67,6603,2685,818
67,9013,2475,831
68,1143,2325,855
68,3873,2285,907

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 Puerto Rico, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.