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

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 Cape Verde, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.