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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	Uganda	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.