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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 CubaAlbaniaCongo - Kinshasa
11,1083,08551,181
11,1473,06552,782
11,1793,04754,453
11,2103,03856,170
11,2413,02657,860
11,2603,01459,599
11,2682,99861,474
11,2662,97963,479
11,2612,95765,590
11,2582,93467,800
11,2602,91570,114
11,2622,90072,550
11,2642,89275,138
11,2622,88877,792
11,2502,88280,534
11,2382,87683,368
11,2142,86886,229
11,1802,86389,193
11,1472,86192,209
11,1162,85495,232
11,1052,84298,320
11,0892,825101,499
11,0462,799104,767
11,0032,787108,171

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