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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 CubaSudanParaguay
11,10826,1685,366
11,14726,7715,473
11,17927,3875,579
11,21028,0175,683
11,24128,6625,786
11,26029,3215,886
11,26829,9965,984
11,26630,6866,080
11,26131,3936,173
11,25832,1376,264
11,26033,0786,352
11,26233,8916,438
11,26434,5686,522
11,26235,2936,605
11,25036,0936,688
11,23837,0586,769
11,21438,1656,850
11,18039,2946,930
11,14740,5127,012
11,11641,7647,095
11,10542,9527,179
11,08944,1217,263
11,04645,2907,348
11,00346,4987,432

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