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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMoroccoCuba
27328,40011,108
27428,74411,147
27529,09411,179
27629,44711,210
27829,80611,241
27930,16911,260
28030,55211,268
28130,95311,266
28231,35411,261
28331,75411,258
28532,15411,260
28632,55311,262
28732,95111,264
28833,34611,262
28933,73711,250
29034,12411,238
29134,51111,214
29134,89811,180
29235,27911,147
29335,65311,116
29436,01811,105
29436,37511,089
29536,72311,046
29537,10111,003

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