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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	France
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	11,075	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	11,405	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	11,828	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	12,380	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	12,829	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	13,178	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	13,540	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	13,917	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	14,309	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	14,722	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	15,152	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	15,600	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	16,064	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	16,563	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	17,072	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	17,575	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	18,094	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	18,621	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	19,157	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	19,698	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	20,242	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	20,788	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	21,336	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	380	108,171	21,889	68,387

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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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