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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Cape Verde	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	380

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.