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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Oman	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	11,003

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

Cuba

1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.