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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	1,126

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.

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