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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Cape Verde	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	277	422	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	281	430	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	285	438	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	288	447	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	289	455	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	293	463	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	296	471	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	304	478	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	311	486	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	319	494	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	319	501	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	319	516	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	321	524	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	324	531	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	327	539	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	331	546	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	335	553	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	343	562	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	353	568	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	361	574	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	366	580	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	372	585	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	380	590	121,234

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.

All data sources

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.

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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