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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cuba	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	21,889	7,666

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 Burkina Faso, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.