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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cuba	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	174,217

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995