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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date CubaBurkina FasoOmanCongo - Kinshasa
11,10811,0752,34851,181
11,14711,4052,40352,782
11,17911,8282,45754,453
11,21012,3802,51056,170
11,24112,8292,56257,860
11,26013,1782,61359,599
11,26813,5402,66361,474
11,26613,9172,71363,479
11,26114,3092,76465,590
11,25814,7222,81667,800
11,26015,1522,87170,114
11,26215,6002,92872,550
11,26416,0642,98675,138
11,26216,5633,04777,792
11,25017,0723,11080,534
11,23817,5753,17483,368
11,21418,0943,24086,229
11,18018,6213,30789,193
11,14719,1573,37592,209
11,11619,6983,44495,232
11,10520,2423,51298,320
11,08920,7883,582101,499
11,04621,3363,651104,767
11,00321,8893,696108,171

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.

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