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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Portugal	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	70	10,144	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	71	10,215	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	71	10,288	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	72	10,344	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	72	10,383	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	72	10,408	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	72	10,427	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	72	10,446	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	72	10,467	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	73	10,482	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	73	10,492	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	73	10,497	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	73	10,481	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	73	10,439	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	73	10,382	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	73	10,326	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	74	10,283	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	74	10,251	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	74	10,226	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	74	10,209	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	75	10,212	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	75	10,223	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	76	10,214	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	76	10,200	10,099

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Dominica, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.