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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosMaltaOmanCuba
2733872,34811,108
2743902,40311,147
2753932,45711,179
2763962,51011,210
2783982,56211,241
2794012,61311,260
2804042,66311,268
2814052,71311,266
2824062,76411,261
2834092,81611,258
2854122,87111,260
2864142,92811,262
2874162,98611,264
2884203,04711,262
2894263,11011,250
2904353,17411,238
2914453,24011,214
2914553,30711,180
2924683,37511,147
2934853,44411,116
2945043,51211,105
2945163,58211,089
2955183,65111,046
2955303,69611,003

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

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, Malta, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.