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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cuba	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	7,387

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 Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.