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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Cuba	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	277	11,108	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	281	11,147	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	285	11,179	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,210	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,241	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,260	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,268	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	304	11,266	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	311	11,261	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	319	11,258	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	319	11,260	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	318	11,262	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,264	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	321	11,262	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	324	11,250	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	327	11,238	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	331	11,214	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	335	11,180	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	343	11,147	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	353	11,116	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	361	11,105	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	366	11,089	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	372	11,046	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	380	11,003	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

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.

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