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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 CubaMoldova
11,1084,244
11,1474,199
11,1794,154
11,2104,108
11,2414,059
11,2604,013
11,2683,966
11,2663,919
11,2613,873
11,2583,829
11,2603,788
11,2623,748
11,2643,709
11,2623,671
11,2503,633
11,2383,595
11,2143,558
11,1803,522
11,1473,485
11,1163,448
11,1053,412
11,0893,376
11,0463,339
11,0033,570

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.