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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Cape Verde	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	277	422	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	281	430	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	285	438	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	288	447	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	289	455	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	293	463	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	296	471	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	304	478	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	311	486	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	319	494	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	319	501	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	319	516	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	321	524	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	324	531	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	327	539	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	331	546	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	335	553	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	343	562	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	353	568	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	361	574	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	366	580	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	372	585	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	380	590	13,087

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, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.