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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 DominicaBurkina FasoCuba
7011,07511,108
7111,40511,147
7111,82811,179
7212,38011,210
7212,82911,241
7213,17811,260
7213,54011,268
7213,91711,266
7214,30911,261
7314,72211,258
7315,15211,260
7315,60011,262
7316,06411,264
7316,56311,262
7317,07211,250
7317,57511,238
7418,09411,214
7418,62111,180
7419,15711,147
7419,69811,116
7520,24211,105
7520,78811,089
7621,33611,046
7621,88911,003

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.