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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	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	48,065

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.