Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Cuba
Malta

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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	401
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	404
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	405
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	406
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	409
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	412
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	530

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.