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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 Saudi ArabiaBurkina FasoCuba
19,96411,07511,108
20,42611,40511,147
20,95611,82811,179
21,54912,38011,210
22,18912,82911,241
22,85013,17811,260
23,51613,54011,268
24,17813,91711,266
24,84114,30911,261
25,51814,72211,258
26,22715,15211,260
27,06815,60011,262
27,81016,06411,264
28,51616,56311,262
29,22017,07211,250
29,93617,57511,238
30,64618,09411,214
31,36018,62111,180
32,18419,15711,147
32,86919,69811,116
33,66120,24211,105
34,54220,78811,089
33,65121,33611,046
34,08121,88911,003

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

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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