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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	4,244	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	4,199	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	4,154	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	4,108	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	4,059	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	4,013	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	3,966	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	3,919	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	3,873	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	3,829	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	3,788	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	3,748	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	3,709	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	3,671	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	3,633	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	3,595	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	3,558	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	3,522	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	3,485	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	3,448	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	3,412	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	3,376	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	3,339	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	3,570	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.

All data sources

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.