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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 Bosnia & HerzegovinaBurkina FasoCuba
3,81111,07511,108
3,90111,40511,147
3,91911,82811,179
3,92312,38011,210
3,94012,82911,241
3,97513,17811,260
3,99113,54011,268
3,99313,91711,266
3,99014,30911,261
3,98714,72211,258
3,98515,15211,260
3,98315,60011,262
3,98016,06411,264
3,97716,56311,262
3,97317,07211,250
3,96817,57511,238
3,96318,09411,214
3,95718,62111,180
3,95119,15711,147
3,94419,69811,116
3,93720,24211,105
3,92920,78811,089
3,92121,33611,046
3,87621,88911,003

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.