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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 LuxembourgOmanCuba
4332,34811,108
4382,40311,147
4432,45711,179
4482,51011,210
4542,56211,241
4602,61311,260
4672,66311,268
4742,71311,266
4822,76411,261
4912,81611,258
5002,87111,260
5092,92811,262
5212,98611,264
5333,04711,262
5473,11011,250
5603,17411,238
5713,24011,214
5863,30711,180
5993,37511,147
6103,44411,116
6233,51211,105
6333,58211,089
6433,65111,046
6513,69611,003

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