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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	St. Lucia	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	277	152	422
Dec 31, 2000	281	153	430
Dec 31, 2001	285	154	438
Dec 31, 2002	288	155	447
Dec 31, 2003	289	156	455
Dec 31, 2004	293	157	463
Dec 31, 2005	296	157	471
Dec 31, 2006	304	158	478
Dec 31, 2007	311	159	486
Dec 31, 2008	319	160	494
Dec 31, 2009	319	160	501
Dec 31, 2010	318	161	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	162	516
Dec 31, 2012	321	162	524
Dec 31, 2013	324	163	531
Dec 31, 2014	327	163	539
Dec 31, 2015	331	164	546
Dec 31, 2016	335	164	553
Dec 31, 2017	343	165	562
Dec 31, 2018	353	166	568
Dec 31, 2019	361	166	574
Dec 31, 2020	366	167	580
Dec 31, 2021	372	167	585
Dec 31, 2022	380	167	590

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 St. Lucia, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.