Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Cuba
Iceland

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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	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	277
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	281
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	285
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	288
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	289
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	293
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	296
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	304
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	311
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	319
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	319
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	318
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	319
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	321
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	324
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	327
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	343
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	353
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	361
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	366
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	372
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	380

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.