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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cuba	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	5,042

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 Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.