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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCubaCameroon
27311,10815,483
27411,14715,913
27511,17916,354
27611,21016,815
27811,24117,289
27911,26017,764
28011,26818,249
28111,26618,746
28211,26119,278
28311,25819,843
28511,26020,419
28611,26221,002
28711,26421,586
28811,26222,181
28911,25022,800
29011,23823,513
29111,21424,273
29111,18024,995
29211,14725,680
29311,11626,373
29411,10527,114
29411,08927,878
29511,04628,663
29511,00329,417

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