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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Central African Republic	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	25,826

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.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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