Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Cuba
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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	7,169

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 Libya; the database as a whole is cited above.