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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	Sudan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	26,168	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	26,771	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	27,387	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	28,017	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	28,662	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	29,321	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	29,996	280
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	30,686	281
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	31,393	282
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	32,137	283
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	33,078	285
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	33,891	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	34,568	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	35,293	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	36,093	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	37,058	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	38,165	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	39,294	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	40,512	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	41,764	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	42,952	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	44,121	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	45,290	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	46,498	295

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