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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 MoldovaFranceCongo - Kinshasa
4,24460,39651,181
4,19960,81152,782
4,15461,25554,453
4,10861,70356,170
4,05962,14157,860
4,01362,60059,599
3,96663,07361,474
3,91963,51363,479
3,87363,90665,590
3,82964,26467,800
3,78864,59470,114
3,74864,91372,550
3,70965,23175,138
3,67165,55277,792
3,63365,89180,534
3,59566,21283,368
3,55866,48086,229
3,52266,73089,193
3,48567,01592,209
3,44867,34795,232
3,41267,66098,320
3,37667,901101,499
3,33968,114104,767
3,57068,387108,171

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