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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Israel	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	5,927	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	6,088	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	6,236	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	6,366	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	6,484	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	6,603	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	6,723	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	6,846	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	6,972	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	7,100	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	7,226	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	7,360	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	7,498	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	7,637	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	7,781	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	7,931	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	8,091	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	8,251	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	8,412	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	8,576	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	8,742	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	8,899	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	9,047	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	9,188	6,291

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

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

No separate list is published for Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.