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  2. List of countries by population in 1800 - Wikipedia

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    Estimate numbers are from the beginning of the year, and exact population figures are for countries that were having a census in the year 1800 (which were on various dates in that year). The bulk of these numbers are sourced from Alexander V. Avakov's Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, Volume 1, pages 21 to 24, which cover population ...

  3. Demographics of France - Wikipedia

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    Between the years 2010–17, the population of France grew from 64,613,000 to 66,991,000 (i.e. about 2.4 million people in a span of 7 years), making France one of the fastest-growing countries in Europe. The population of France is growing by 1,000,000 people every three years- an average annual increase of 340,000 people, or +0.6%. [7]

  4. Historical demography - Wikipedia

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    Historical demography is the quantitative study of human population in the past. It is concerned with population size, with the three basic components of population change (fertility, mortality, and migration), and with population characteristics related to those components, such as marriage, socioeconomic status, and the configuration of families.

  5. History of France - Wikipedia

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    France's recent economic history has been less turbulent than in many other countries. The average income in mid-century grew by 0.9% per year, a rate which has been outdone almost every year since 1975. By the early 1980s, for instance, wages in France were on or slightly above the EEC average. [162]

  6. Historical urban community sizes - Wikipedia

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    Estimating population sizes before censuses were conducted is a difficult ... 1,200–1,800 10,000 10,000–15,000 ... Early Middle Ages: 500-999 AD City Location ...

  7. Demographic history - Wikipedia

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    John F. Richards estimated the following world populations from the early modern period, 1500–1800. [7] 1500 world population 400-500 million; 1600 world population 500-600 million; 1700 world population 600-700 million; 1800 world population 850-950 million; In the 18th century world population entered a period of accelerated growth.

  8. French colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    (1938) France overseas;: A study of modern imperialism 463pp; encyclopedic coverage as of late 1930s; Roberts, Stephen H. History of French Colonial Policy (1870-1925) (2 vol 1929) vol 1 online also vol 2 online; Comprehensive scholarly history; Schnerb, Robert. "Napoleon III and the Second French Empire." Journal of Modern History 8#3 (1936 ...

  9. History of statistics - Wikipedia

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    He estimated from the parish records that the average family size was 8 and calculated that the population of London was about 384,000; this is the first known use of a ratio estimator. Laplace in 1802 estimated the population of France with a similar method; see Ratio estimator § History for details.