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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 BarbadosCubaOman
27311,1082,348
27411,1472,403
27511,1792,457
27611,2102,510
27811,2412,562
27911,2602,613
28011,2682,663
28111,2662,713
28211,2612,764
28311,2582,816
28511,2602,871
28611,2622,928
28711,2642,986
28811,2623,047
28911,2503,110
29011,2383,174
29111,2143,240
29111,1803,307
29211,1473,375
29311,1163,444
29411,1053,512
29411,0893,582
29511,0463,651
29511,0033,696

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