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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 CambodiaOmanFrance
12,1222,34860,396
12,3172,40360,811
12,5042,45761,255
12,6912,51061,703
12,8812,56262,141
13,0762,61362,600
13,2762,66363,073
13,4612,71363,513
13,6302,76463,906
13,8082,81664,264
13,9902,87164,594
14,1622,92864,913
14,3222,98665,231
14,4803,04765,552
14,6373,11065,891
14,7933,17466,212
14,9943,24066,480
15,2383,30766,730
15,4803,37567,015
15,7173,44467,347
15,9443,51267,660
16,1493,58267,901
16,3383,65168,114
16,5143,69668,387

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.

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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 Cambodia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.