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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	28,237

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