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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 Burkina FasoCuba
11,07511,108
11,40511,147
11,82811,179
12,38011,210
12,82911,241
13,17811,260
13,54011,268
13,91711,266
14,30911,261
14,72211,258
15,15211,260
15,60011,262
16,06411,264
16,56311,262
17,07211,250
17,57511,238
18,09411,214
18,62111,180
19,15711,147
19,69811,116
20,24211,105
20,78811,089
21,33611,046
21,88911,003

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.