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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 SudanAlbaniaFrance
26,1683,08560,396
26,7713,06560,811
27,3873,04761,255
28,0173,03861,703
28,6623,02662,141
29,3213,01462,600
29,9962,99863,073
30,6862,97963,513
31,3932,95763,906
32,1372,93464,264
33,0782,91564,594
33,8912,90064,913
34,5682,89265,231
35,2932,88865,552
36,0932,88265,891
37,0582,87666,212
38,1652,86866,480
39,2942,86366,730
40,5122,86167,015
41,7642,85467,347
42,9522,84267,660
44,1212,82567,901
45,2902,79968,114
46,4982,78768,387

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 Sudan, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.