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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Cape Verde	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	422	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	430	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	438	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	447	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	455	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	463	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	471	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	478	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	486	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	494	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	501	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	516	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	524	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	531	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	539	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	546	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	553	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	562	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	568	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	574	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	580	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	585	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	590	48,065

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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