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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	France	Romania	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	60,396	22,414	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	60,811	22,262	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	61,255	22,106	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	61,703	21,931	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	62,141	21,828	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	62,600	21,704	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	63,073	21,571	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	63,513	21,443	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	63,906	21,129	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	64,264	20,779	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	64,594	20,607	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	64,913	20,485	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	65,231	20,385	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	65,552	20,296	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	65,891	20,224	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	66,212	20,151	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	66,480	20,055	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	66,730	19,938	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	67,015	19,823	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	67,347	19,713	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	67,660	19,622	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	67,901	19,496	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	68,114	19,351	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	68,387	19,266	48,065

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.