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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	2,348	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	2,403	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	2,457	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	2,510	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	2,562	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	2,613	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	2,663	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	2,713	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	2,764	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	2,816	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	2,871	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	2,928	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	2,986	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	3,047	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	3,110	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	3,174	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	3,240	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	3,307	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	3,375	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	3,444	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	3,512	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	3,582	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	3,651	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	3,696	21,889	295

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.

All data sources

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 Oman, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.