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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	Oman	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	2,348	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	2,403	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	2,457	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	2,510	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	2,562	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	2,613	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	2,663	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	2,713	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	2,764	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	2,816	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	2,871	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	2,928	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	2,986	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	3,047	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	3,110	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	3,174	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	3,240	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	3,307	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	3,375	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	3,444	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	3,512	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	3,582	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	3,651	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	3,696	651

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