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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	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.