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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSenegalCuba
27310,07011,108
27410,30511,147
27510,57611,179
27610,86411,210
27811,17211,241
27911,49811,260
28011,83911,268
28112,20411,266
28212,58411,261
28312,97811,258
28513,38211,260
28613,79411,262
28714,22611,264
28814,66811,262
28915,12111,250
29015,58911,238
29116,06611,214
29116,54911,180
29217,04411,147
29317,53511,116
29418,02111,105
29418,51811,089
29519,01611,046
29519,51211,003

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