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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 CubaCongo - KinshasaYemen
11,10851,18116,728
11,14752,78217,236
11,17954,45317,762
11,21056,17018,310
11,24157,86018,855
11,26059,59919,410
11,26861,47420,000
11,26663,47920,611
11,26165,59021,236
11,25867,80021,878
11,26070,11422,533
11,26272,55023,195
11,26475,13823,880
11,26277,79224,594
11,25080,53425,311
11,23883,36826,020
11,21486,22926,698
11,18089,19327,347
11,14792,20927,985
11,11695,23228,608
11,10598,32029,216
11,089101,49929,811
11,046104,76730,399
11,003108,17131,058

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