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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	St. Lucia	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	11,003

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.