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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 CubaDominican Republic
11,1088,175
11,1478,301
11,1798,427
11,2108,553
11,2418,678
11,2608,801
11,2688,924
11,2669,044
11,2619,164
11,2589,281
11,2609,398
11,2629,512
11,2649,627
11,2629,742
11,2509,855
11,2389,965
11,21410,072
11,18010,177
11,14710,281
11,11610,385
11,10510,487
11,08910,587
11,04610,686
11,00310,793

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.