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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 St. LuciaBurkina FasoFrance
15211,07560,396
15311,40560,811
15411,82861,255
15512,38061,703
15612,82962,141
15713,17862,600
15713,54063,073
15813,91763,513
15914,30963,906
16014,72264,264
16015,15264,594
16115,60064,913
16216,06465,231
16216,56365,552
16317,07265,891
16317,57566,212
16418,09466,480
16418,62166,730
16519,15767,015
16619,69867,347
16620,24267,660
16720,78867,901
16721,33668,114
16721,88968,387

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 St. Lucia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.