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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 BarbadosCubaOmanMalta
27311,1082,348387
27411,1472,403390
27511,1792,457393
27611,2102,510396
27811,2412,562398
27911,2602,613401
28011,2682,663404
28111,2662,713405
28211,2612,764406
28311,2582,816409
28511,2602,871412
28611,2622,928414
28711,2642,986416
28811,2623,047420
28911,2503,110426
29011,2383,174435
29111,2143,240445
29111,1803,307455
29211,1473,375468
29311,1163,444485
29411,1053,512504
29411,0893,582516
29511,0463,651518
29511,0033,696530

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