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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Seychelles	Oman	France
Dec 31, 1999	78	2,348	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	79	2,403	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	80	2,457	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	81	2,510	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	82	2,562	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	83	2,613	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	84	2,663	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	85	2,713	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	86	2,764	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	87	2,816	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	87	2,871	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	88	2,928	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	89	2,986	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	90	3,047	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	91	3,110	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	92	3,174	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	92	3,240	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	93	3,307	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	94	3,375	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	95	3,444	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	96	3,512	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	97	3,582	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	98	3,651	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	98	3,696	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 Seychelles, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.