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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	64,835

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