Polity · 1848 CE – 1852 CE
French Second Republic
Deuxième République
- Peak recorded area
- 629,677 km²
- 1848 CE
- Data series
- 77
- 1848 CE–1852 CE
Overview
The French Second Republic, officially the French Republic, was the second republican formation of the government of France. The republic existed from 1848, when the monarchy fell, until its dissolution only four years later in 1852 upon the proclamation of the second French Empire.
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Territory
2 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1852 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 54 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Life Expectancy5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 41.31years1852 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Population5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 36.6Mpersons1852 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| Urban Population5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 1.8Mpersons1852 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Conflict Participants4 obs · 1848 CE–1851 CE | 14.9Kpersons1851 CE · HiSCoD (Historical Social Conflict Database) |
| Social Conflict Events4 obs · 1848 CE–1851 CE | 175events1851 CE · HiSCoD (Historical Social Conflict Database) |
| City Pop Aix2 obs · 1850 CE–1851 CE | 23Kpersons1851 CE · Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban Population |
Economy
4 of 5 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 2,652.942011 int'l $1852 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| GDP per capita PPP5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 2,519int'l $ (inflation adj.)1852 CE · Gapminder |
| Real Wage5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 17.07index (1500=1)1852 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Income Inequality Gini | 54.33gini (0-1)1850 CE · Clio-Infra |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| CINC Score5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 0.1277CINC (share of world capability)1852 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 8Mcoal-ton equivalents1852 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 523Ktons1852 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure GBP5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 17.3Mcurrent GBP1852 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 397Kpersons1852 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 0.161index (0-1)1852 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 0.146index (0-1)1852 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 0.118index (0-1)1852 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity25 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | -8index (-10 to 10)1852 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Rule Of Law Index5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 0.695index (0-1)1852 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Development
6 of 8 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 0.211index (0-1)1852 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Mail Items5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 325items1852 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Merchant Shipping Tonnage5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 721gross tons1852 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Radios5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 0count1852 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Line Km5 obs · 1848 CE–1852 CE | 3,654km1852 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Numeracy | 100ABCC index1850 CE · Clio-Infra |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- French
- Currency
- French franc (FRF)
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Chandler/Modelski Historical Urban PopulationChandler 1987 / Modelski 2003
Chandler, T. (1987). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth; Modelski, G. (2003). World Cities: -3000 to 2000.
Compiled from published works (Chandler 1987; Modelski 2003)
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
HiSCoD (Historical Social Conflict Database)2021
Chevalier, J. et al. HiSCoD: Historical Social Conflict Database. Université de Rennes.
Academic use, attribution
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
French Second Republic is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.