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Population, long-run history by country
Population, long-run history
Annual, Persons, thousands
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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Barbados | Cuba | Singapore |
|---|---|---|---|
| 273 | 11,108 | 3,959 | |
| 274 | 11,147 | 4,028 | |
| 275 | 11,179 | 4,138 | |
| 276 | 11,210 | 4,176 | |
| 278 | 11,241 | 4,115 | |
| 279 | 11,260 | 4,167 | |
| 280 | 11,268 | 4,266 | |
| 281 | 11,266 | 4,401 | |
| 282 | 11,261 | 4,589 | |
| 283 | 11,258 | 4,839 | |
| 285 | 11,260 | 4,988 | |
| 286 | 11,262 | 5,077 | |
| 287 | 11,264 | 5,184 | |
| 288 | 11,262 | 5,312 | |
| 289 | 11,250 | 5,399 | |
| 290 | 11,238 | 5,470 | |
| 291 | 11,214 | 5,535 | |
| 291 | 11,180 | 5,607 | |
| 292 | 11,147 | 5,612 | |
| 293 | 11,116 | 5,639 | |
| 294 | 11,105 | 5,704 | |
| 294 | 11,089 | 5,686 | |
| 295 | 11,046 | 5,716 | |
| 295 | 11,003 | 5,750 |
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.
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
Singapore
- 1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).
No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.