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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 FranceSudanCongo - Kinshasa
60,39626,16851,181
60,81126,77152,782
61,25527,38754,453
61,70328,01756,170
62,14128,66257,860
62,60029,32159,599
63,07329,99661,474
63,51330,68663,479
63,90631,39365,590
64,26432,13767,800
64,59433,07870,114
64,91333,89172,550
65,23134,56875,138
65,55235,29377,792
65,89136,09380,534
66,21237,05883,368
66,48038,16586,229
66,73039,29489,193
67,01540,51292,209
67,34741,76495,232
67,66042,95298,320
67,90144,121101,499
68,11445,290104,767
68,38746,498108,171

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 Sudan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.