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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCubaHonduras
27311,1086,198
27411,1476,367
27511,1796,535
27611,2106,698
27811,2416,863
27911,2607,028
28011,2687,194
28111,2667,359
28211,2617,522
28311,2587,682
28511,2607,839
28611,2627,991
28711,2648,141
28811,2628,288
28911,2508,429
29011,2388,546
29111,2148,661
29111,1808,770
29211,1478,878
29311,1169,002
29411,1059,154
29411,0899,304
29511,0469,448
29511,0039,590

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