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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	Turkmenistan	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,324	422
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,385	430
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,444	438
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,502	447
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,556	455
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,608	463
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,664	471
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,719	478
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,773	486
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,828	494
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,884	501
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,940	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,996	516
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,053	524
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,110	531
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,169	539
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,227	546
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,287	553
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,346	562
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,405	568
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,464	574
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,522	580
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,579	585
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,657	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 Turkmenistan, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.