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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 CubaOmanLebanon
11,1082,3483,460
11,1472,4033,499
11,1792,4573,554
11,2102,5103,610
11,2412,5623,665
11,2602,6133,721
11,2682,6633,777
11,2662,7133,853
11,2612,7643,954
11,2582,8164,036
11,2602,8714,082
11,2622,9284,097
11,2642,9864,115
11,2623,0474,206
11,2503,1104,696
11,2383,1745,365
11,2143,2405,640
11,1803,3075,688
11,1473,3755,680
11,1163,4445,562
11,1053,5125,331
11,0893,5824,986
11,0463,6514,802
11,0033,6964,713

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

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.