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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Cape Verde	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	277	422	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	281	430	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	285	438	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	288	447	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	289	455	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	293	463	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	296	471	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	304	478	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	311	486	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	319	494	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	319	501	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	319	516	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	524	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	324	531	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	327	539	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	331	546	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	335	553	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	343	562	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	353	568	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	361	574	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	366	580	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	372	585	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	380	590	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.