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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 BarbadosSudanOmanCuba
27326,1682,34811,108
27426,7712,40311,147
27527,3872,45711,179
27628,0172,51011,210
27828,6622,56211,241
27929,3212,61311,260
28029,9962,66311,268
28130,6862,71311,266
28231,3932,76411,261
28332,1372,81611,258
28533,0782,87111,260
28633,8912,92811,262
28734,5682,98611,264
28835,2933,04711,262
28936,0933,11011,250
29037,0583,17411,238
29138,1653,24011,214
29139,2943,30711,180
29240,5123,37511,147
29341,7643,44411,116
29442,9523,51211,105
29444,1213,58211,089
29545,2903,65111,046
29546,4983,69611,003

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