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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCubaAlbaniaDenmark
27311,1083,0855,322
27411,1473,0655,339
27511,1793,0475,358
27611,2103,0385,377
27811,2413,0265,391
27911,2603,0145,404
28011,2682,9985,420
28111,2662,9795,438
28211,2612,9575,461
28311,2582,9345,494
28511,2602,9155,524
28611,2622,9005,548
28711,2642,8925,571
28811,2622,8885,592
28911,2502,8825,614
29011,2382,8765,644
29111,2142,8685,683
29111,1802,8635,730
29211,1472,8615,766
29311,1162,8545,795
29411,1052,8425,818
29411,0892,8255,831
29511,0462,7995,855
29511,0032,7875,907

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, Albania, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.