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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 DominicaBarbadosCuba
7027311,108
7127411,147
7127511,179
7227611,210
7227811,241
7227911,260
7228011,268
7228111,266
7228211,261
7328311,258
7328511,260
7328611,262
7328711,264
7328811,262
7328911,250
7329011,238
7429111,214
7429111,180
7429211,147
7429311,116
7529411,105
7529411,089
7629511,046
7629511,003

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