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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 CubaBurkina FasoLithuania
11,10811,0753,419
11,14711,4053,395
11,17911,8283,367
11,21012,3803,340
11,24112,8293,313
11,26013,1783,276
11,26813,5403,223
11,26613,9173,172
11,26114,3093,134
11,25814,7223,102
11,26015,1523,068
11,26215,6003,004
11,26416,0642,937
11,26216,5632,898
11,25017,0722,869
11,23817,5752,844
11,21418,0942,818
11,18018,6212,782
11,14719,1572,744
11,11619,6982,718
11,10520,2422,710
11,08920,7882,711
11,04621,3362,724
11,00321,8892,748

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, Lithuania; the database as a whole is cited above.