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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 MaltaBurkina FasoCuba
38711,07511,108
39011,40511,147
39311,82811,179
39612,38011,210
39812,82911,241
40113,17811,260
40413,54011,268
40513,91711,266
40614,30911,261
40914,72211,258
41215,15211,260
41415,60011,262
41616,06411,264
42016,56311,262
42617,07211,250
43517,57511,238
44518,09411,214
45518,62111,180
46819,15711,147
48519,69811,116
50420,24211,105
51620,78811,089
51821,33611,046
53021,88911,003

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