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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 BarbadosYemenOmanCuba
27316,7282,34811,108
27417,2362,40311,147
27517,7622,45711,179
27618,3102,51011,210
27818,8552,56211,241
27919,4102,61311,260
28020,0002,66311,268
28120,6112,71311,266
28221,2362,76411,261
28321,8782,81611,258
28522,5332,87111,260
28623,1952,92811,262
28723,8802,98611,264
28824,5943,04711,262
28925,3113,11011,250
29026,0203,17411,238
29126,6983,24011,214
29127,3473,30711,180
29227,9853,37511,147
29328,6083,44411,116
29429,2163,51211,105
29429,8113,58211,089
29530,3993,65111,046
29531,0583,69611,003

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