Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cuba	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	152
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	153
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	154
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	155
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	156
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	157
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	157
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	158
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	159
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	160
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	160
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	161
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	162
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	162
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	163
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	163
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	164
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	164
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	165
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	166
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	166
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	167
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	167
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	167

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.

All data sources

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 St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.