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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 BarbadosTanzaniaCuba
27332,91211,108
27433,95311,147
27534,97411,179
27636,02111,210
27837,10011,241
27938,16711,260
28039,26211,268
28140,38711,266
28241,55711,261
28342,74111,258
28543,88911,260
28645,13211,262
28746,53111,264
28847,96511,262
28949,43711,250
29050,96511,238
29152,60411,214
29154,33611,180
29256,06211,147
29357,76511,116
29459,46511,105
29461,19111,089
29562,94411,046
29564,83511,003

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