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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa	France
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	108,171	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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; the database as a whole is cited above.