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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Cape Verde	Chile
Dec 31, 1999	277	422	15,140
Dec 31, 2000	281	430	15,340
Dec 31, 2001	285	438	15,513
Dec 31, 2002	288	447	15,686
Dec 31, 2003	289	455	15,859
Dec 31, 2004	293	463	16,029
Dec 31, 2005	296	471	16,222
Dec 31, 2006	304	478	16,364
Dec 31, 2007	311	486	16,536
Dec 31, 2008	319	494	16,700
Dec 31, 2009	319	501	16,864
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	16,999
Dec 31, 2011	319	516	17,189
Dec 31, 2012	321	524	17,378
Dec 31, 2013	324	531	17,545
Dec 31, 2014	327	539	17,720
Dec 31, 2015	331	546	17,904
Dec 31, 2016	335	553	18,099
Dec 31, 2017	343	562	18,350
Dec 31, 2018	353	568	18,681
Dec 31, 2019	361	574	19,035
Dec 31, 2020	366	580	19,385
Dec 31, 2021	372	585	19,604
Dec 31, 2022	380	590	19,715

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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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