Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Cuba
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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	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	217,718

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;