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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	Dominica	Congo - Kinshasa	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	76	108,171	11,003

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.