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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 BarbadosCubaOmanPuerto Rico
27311,1082,3483,800
27411,1472,4033,811
27511,1792,4573,819
27611,2102,5103,824
27811,2412,5623,826
27911,2602,6133,827
28011,2682,6633,822
28111,2662,7133,805
28211,2612,7643,783
28311,2582,8163,761
28511,2602,8713,741
28611,2622,9283,722
28711,2642,9863,679
28811,2623,0473,636
28911,2503,1103,589
29011,2383,1743,534
29111,2143,2403,473
29111,1803,3073,411
29211,1473,3753,352
29311,1163,4443,295
29411,1053,5123,268
29411,0893,5823,247
29511,0463,6513,232
29511,0033,6963,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.