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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 TunisiaCongo - KinshasaCuba
9,41751,18111,108
9,51452,78211,147
9,61354,45311,179
9,71156,17011,210
9,81057,86011,241
9,90659,59911,260
9,99761,47411,268
10,08763,47911,266
10,17865,59011,261
10,27467,80011,258
10,37770,11411,260
10,49172,55011,262
10,61275,13811,264
10,73777,79211,262
10,86680,53411,250
10,99683,36811,238
11,12486,22911,214
11,24889,19311,180
11,36592,20911,147
11,47795,23211,116
11,58398,32011,105
11,681101,49911,089
11,772104,76711,046
11,862108,17111,003

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