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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	Puerto Rico	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,800	422
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,811	430
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,819	438
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,824	447
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,826	455
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,827	463
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,822	471
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,805	478
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,783	486
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,761	494
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,741	501
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,722	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,679	516
Dec 31, 2012	321	3,636	524
Dec 31, 2013	324	3,589	531
Dec 31, 2014	327	3,534	539
Dec 31, 2015	331	3,473	546
Dec 31, 2016	335	3,411	553
Dec 31, 2017	343	3,352	562
Dec 31, 2018	353	3,295	568
Dec 31, 2019	361	3,268	574
Dec 31, 2020	366	3,247	580
Dec 31, 2021	372	3,232	585
Dec 31, 2022	380	3,228	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.

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.

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