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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 DominicaOmanCuba
702,34811,108
712,40311,147
712,45711,179
722,51011,210
722,56211,241
722,61311,260
722,66311,268
722,71311,266
722,76411,261
732,81611,258
732,87111,260
732,92811,262
732,98611,264
733,04711,262
733,11011,250
733,17411,238
743,24011,214
743,30711,180
743,37511,147
743,44411,116
753,51211,105
753,58211,089
763,65111,046
763,69611,003

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