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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Central African RepublicCongo - KinshasaCuba
3,88951,18111,108
3,98052,78211,147
4,05454,45311,179
4,12856,17011,210
4,21557,86011,241
4,28959,59911,260
4,36361,47411,268
4,44963,47911,266
4,54465,59011,261
4,64167,80011,258
4,74270,11411,260
4,84572,55011,262
4,95075,13811,264
5,05777,79211,262
5,16780,53411,250
5,27883,36811,238
5,39286,22911,214
5,50789,19311,180
5,62592,20911,147
5,74595,23211,116
5,87498,32011,105
6,025101,49911,089
6,154104,76711,046
6,291108,17111,003

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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.