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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	Iceland	North Macedonia	Cuba
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,006	11,108
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,017	11,147
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,026	11,179
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,011	11,210
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,018	11,241
Dec 31, 2004	293	2,024	11,260
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,028	11,268
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,031	11,266
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,035	11,261
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,038	11,258
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,042	11,260
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,046	11,262
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,049	11,264
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,052	11,262
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,055	11,250
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,058	11,238
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,061	11,214
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,063	11,180
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,065	11,147
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,067	11,116
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,068	11,105
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,065	11,089
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,057	11,046
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,048	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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