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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 ChileOmanCuba
15,1402,34811,108
15,3402,40311,147
15,5132,45711,179
15,6862,51011,210
15,8592,56211,241
16,0292,61311,260
16,2222,66311,268
16,3642,71311,266
16,5362,76411,261
16,7002,81611,258
16,8642,87111,260
16,9992,92811,262
17,1892,98611,264
17,3783,04711,262
17,5453,11011,250
17,7203,17411,238
17,9043,24011,214
18,0993,30711,180
18,3503,37511,147
18,6813,44411,116
19,0353,51211,105
19,3853,58211,089
19,6043,65111,046
19,7153,69611,003

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.

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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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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 Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.