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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Moldova	France
Dec 31, 1999	433	4,244	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	438	4,199	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	443	4,154	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	448	4,108	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	454	4,059	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	460	4,013	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	467	3,966	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	474	3,919	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	482	3,873	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	491	3,829	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	500	3,788	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	509	3,748	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	521	3,709	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	533	3,671	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	547	3,633	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	560	3,595	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	571	3,558	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	586	3,522	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	599	3,485	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	610	3,448	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	623	3,412	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	633	3,376	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	643	3,339	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	651	3,570	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.

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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 Luxembourg, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.