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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	3,228

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 Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.