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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	Azerbaijan
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	8,056
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	8,127
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	8,194
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	8,257
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	8,319
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	8,391
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	8,475
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	8,565
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	8,657
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	8,750
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	8,842
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	8,933
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	9,025
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	9,117
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	9,210
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	9,302
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	9,393
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	9,481
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	9,567
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	9,649
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	9,727
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	9,802
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	9,874
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	9,918

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 Central African Republic, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.