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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 CubaMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
11,1084,24451,181
11,1474,19952,782
11,1794,15454,453
11,2104,10856,170
11,2414,05957,860
11,2604,01359,599
11,2683,96661,474
11,2663,91963,479
11,2613,87365,590
11,2583,82967,800
11,2603,78870,114
11,2623,74872,550
11,2643,70975,138
11,2623,67177,792
11,2503,63380,534
11,2383,59583,368
11,2143,55886,229
11,1803,52289,193
11,1473,48592,209
11,1163,44895,232
11,1053,41298,320
11,0893,376101,499
11,0463,339104,767
11,0033,570108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.