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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 CubaMali
11,10810,596
11,14710,833
11,17910,890
11,21011,007
11,24111,307
11,26011,579
11,26811,804
11,26612,043
11,26112,337
11,25812,657
11,26012,986
11,26213,325
11,26413,679
11,26214,040
11,25014,412
11,23814,803
11,21415,210
11,18015,629
11,14716,060
11,11616,507
11,10516,967
11,08917,442
11,04617,930
11,00318,494

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 Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.