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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 Puerto RicoCongo - KinshasaCuba
3,80051,18111,108
3,81152,78211,147
3,81954,45311,179
3,82456,17011,210
3,82657,86011,241
3,82759,59911,260
3,82261,47411,268
3,80563,47911,266
3,78365,59011,261
3,76167,80011,258
3,74170,11411,260
3,72272,55011,262
3,67975,13811,264
3,63677,79211,262
3,58980,53411,250
3,53483,36811,238
3,47386,22911,214
3,41189,19311,180
3,35292,20911,147
3,29595,23211,116
3,26898,32011,105
3,247101,49911,089
3,232104,76711,046
3,228108,17111,003

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