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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	Cuba	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	108,171	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.