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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 CubaPuerto RicoCongo - Kinshasa
11,1083,80051,181
11,1473,81152,782
11,1793,81954,453
11,2103,82456,170
11,2413,82657,860
11,2603,82759,599
11,2683,82261,474
11,2663,80563,479
11,2613,78365,590
11,2583,76167,800
11,2603,74170,114
11,2623,72272,550
11,2643,67975,138
11,2623,63677,792
11,2503,58980,534
11,2383,53483,368
11,2143,47386,229
11,1803,41189,193
11,1473,35292,209
11,1163,29595,232
11,1053,26898,320
11,0893,247101,499
11,0463,232104,767
11,0033,228108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.