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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 CubaSudan
11,10826,168
11,14726,771
11,17927,387
11,21028,017
11,24128,662
11,26029,321
11,26829,996
11,26630,686
11,26131,393
11,25832,137
11,26033,078
11,26233,891
11,26434,568
11,26235,293
11,25036,093
11,23837,058
11,21438,165
11,18039,294
11,14740,512
11,11641,764
11,10542,952
11,08944,121
11,04645,290
11,00346,498

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.