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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	Yemen	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,108	16,728	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,147	17,236	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,179	17,762	275
Dec 31, 2002	11,210	18,310	276
Dec 31, 2003	11,241	18,855	278
Dec 31, 2004	11,260	19,410	279
Dec 31, 2005	11,268	20,000	280
Dec 31, 2006	11,266	20,611	281
Dec 31, 2007	11,261	21,236	282
Dec 31, 2008	11,258	21,878	283
Dec 31, 2009	11,260	22,533	285
Dec 31, 2010	11,262	23,195	286
Dec 31, 2011	11,264	23,880	287
Dec 31, 2012	11,262	24,594	288
Dec 31, 2013	11,250	25,311	289
Dec 31, 2014	11,238	26,020	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,214	26,698	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,180	27,347	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,147	27,985	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,116	28,608	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,105	29,216	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,089	29,811	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,046	30,399	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,003	31,058	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 Yemen, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.