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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	Iceland	United Arab Emirates	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,101	422
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,284	430
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,458	438
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,613	447
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,754	455
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,882	463
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,000	471
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,532	478
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,623	486
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,277	494
Dec 31, 2009	319	8,164	501
Dec 31, 2010	318	8,152	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	8,438	516
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,747	524
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,077	531
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,321	539
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,461	546
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,587	553
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,699	562
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,796	568
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,879	574
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,953	580
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,018	585
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,099	590

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 United Arab Emirates, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.