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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	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,108	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,147	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,179	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,210	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,241	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,260	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,268	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	11,266	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	11,261	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	11,258	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	11,260	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	11,262	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,264	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,262	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,250	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,238	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,214	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,180	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,147	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,116	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,105	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,089	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,046	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,003	28,418

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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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