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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	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	11,075	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	11,405	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	11,828	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	12,380	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	12,829	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	13,178	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	13,540	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	13,917	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	14,309	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	14,722	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	15,152	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	15,600	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	16,064	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	16,563	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	17,072	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	17,575	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	18,094	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	18,621	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	19,157	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	19,698	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	20,242	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	20,788	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	21,336	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	21,889	3,696	295

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.

All data sources

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, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.