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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 MaliOmanFrance
10,5962,34860,396
10,8332,40360,811
10,8902,45761,255
11,0072,51061,703
11,3072,56262,141
11,5792,61362,600
11,8042,66363,073
12,0432,71363,513
12,3372,76463,906
12,6572,81664,264
12,9862,87164,594
13,3252,92864,913
13,6792,98665,231
14,0403,04765,552
14,4123,11065,891
14,8033,17466,212
15,2103,24066,480
15,6293,30766,730
16,0603,37567,015
16,5073,44467,347
16,9673,51267,660
17,4423,58267,901
17,9303,65168,114
18,4943,69668,387

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