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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	Belarus
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	10,064
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	10,034
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	10,000
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	9,955
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	9,905
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	9,856
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	9,807
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	9,764
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	9,734
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	9,713
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	9,697
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	9,681
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	9,662
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	9,643
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	9,624
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	9,605
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	9,585
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	9,564
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	9,542
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	9,519
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	9,495
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	9,469
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	9,442
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	9,400

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, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.