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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	North Macedonia	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,006	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,017	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,026	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,011	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,018	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,024	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,028	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,031	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,035	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,038	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,042	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,046	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,049	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,052	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,055	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,058	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,061	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,063	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,065	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,067	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,068	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,065	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,057	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,048	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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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; the database as a whole is cited above.