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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	2,348	627
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	2,403	659
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	2,457	691
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	2,510	724
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	2,562	757
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	2,613	850
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	2,663	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	2,713	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	2,764	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	2,816	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	2,871	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	2,928	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	2,986	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	3,047	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	3,110	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	3,174	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	3,240	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	3,307	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	3,375	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	3,444	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	3,512	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	3,582	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	3,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	3,696	2,559

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, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.