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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 BarbadosBurkina FasoCuba
27311,07511,108
27411,40511,147
27511,82811,179
27612,38011,210
27812,82911,241
27913,17811,260
28013,54011,268
28113,91711,266
28214,30911,261
28314,72211,258
28515,15211,260
28615,60011,262
28716,06411,264
28816,56311,262
28917,07211,250
29017,57511,238
29118,09411,214
29118,62111,180
29219,15711,147
29319,69811,116
29420,24211,105
29420,78811,089
29521,33611,046
29521,88911,003

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

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