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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	3,570

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