Population, long-run history: compare countries

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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	Moldova	Iceland	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,244	277	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,199	281	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,154	285	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,108	288	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,059	289	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,013	293	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,966	296	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,919	304	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,873	311	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,829	319	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,788	319	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,748	318	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,709	319	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,671	321	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,633	324	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,595	327	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,558	331	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,522	335	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,485	343	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,448	353	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,412	361	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,376	366	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,339	372	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,570	380	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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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