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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCubaOmanUnited Arab Emirates
27311,1082,3483,101
27411,1472,4033,284
27511,1792,4573,458
27611,2102,5103,613
27811,2412,5623,754
27911,2602,6133,882
28011,2682,6634,000
28111,2662,7134,532
28211,2612,7645,623
28311,2582,8167,277
28511,2602,8718,164
28611,2622,9288,152
28711,2642,9868,438
28811,2623,0478,747
28911,2503,1109,077
29011,2383,1749,321
29111,2143,2409,461
29111,1803,3079,587
29211,1473,3759,699
29311,1163,4449,796
29411,1053,5129,879
29411,0893,5829,953
29511,0463,65110,018
29511,0033,69610,099

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.

All data sources

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.