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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 Congo - KinshasaCubaOman
51,18111,1082,348
52,78211,1472,403
54,45311,1792,457
56,17011,2102,510
57,86011,2412,562
59,59911,2602,613
61,47411,2682,663
63,47911,2662,713
65,59011,2612,764
67,80011,2582,816
70,11411,2602,871
72,55011,2622,928
75,13811,2642,986
77,79211,2623,047
80,53411,2503,110
83,36811,2383,174
86,22911,2143,240
89,19311,1803,307
92,20911,1473,375
95,23211,1163,444
98,32011,1053,512
101,49911,0893,582
104,76711,0463,651
108,17111,0033,696

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.