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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	16,514

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