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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	2,348	387
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	2,403	390
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	2,457	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	2,510	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	2,562	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	2,613	401
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	2,663	404
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	2,713	405
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	2,764	406
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	2,816	409
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	2,871	412
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	2,928	414
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	2,986	416
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	3,047	420
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	3,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	3,174	435
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	3,240	445
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	3,307	455
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	3,375	468
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	3,444	485
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	3,512	504
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	3,582	516
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	3,651	518
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	3,696	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 Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.