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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 Trinidad & TobagoBurkina FasoFrance
1,30111,07560,396
1,30311,40560,811
1,30811,82861,255
1,31412,38061,703
1,32012,82962,141
1,32613,17862,600
1,33213,54063,073
1,33813,91763,513
1,34414,30963,906
1,35214,72264,264
1,35915,15264,594
1,36515,60064,913
1,37216,06465,231
1,37916,56365,552
1,38617,07265,891
1,39217,57566,212
1,39918,09466,480
1,40518,62166,730
1,41119,15767,015
1,43619,69867,347
1,45220,24267,660
1,44820,78867,901
1,45021,33668,114
1,45621,88968,387

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 Trinidad & Tobago, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.