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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 BarbadosUzbekistanCuba
27324,70111,108
27425,04211,147
27525,37211,179
27625,69611,210
27825,99211,241
27926,26811,260
28026,54011,268
28126,81211,266
28227,08111,261
28327,34711,258
28527,60911,260
28627,86911,262
28728,13211,264
28828,39811,262
28928,66611,250
29028,93411,238
29129,20511,214
29129,48011,180
29229,75611,147
29330,03111,116
29430,30511,105
29430,57611,089
29530,84311,046
29531,33711,003

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