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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandCape VerdeCambodia
27742212,122
28143012,317
28543812,504
28844712,691
28945512,881
29346313,076
29647113,276
30447813,461
31148613,630
31949413,808
31950113,990
31850914,162
31951614,322
32152414,480
32453114,637
32753914,793
33154614,994
33555315,238
34356215,480
35356815,717
36157415,944
36658016,149
37258516,338
38059016,514

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