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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	Niger
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	10,424
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	10,785
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	11,170
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	11,580
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	12,015
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	12,472
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	12,954
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	13,459
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	13,986
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	14,532
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	15,092
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	15,669
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	16,263
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	16,903
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	17,569
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	18,242
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	18,957
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	19,708
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	20,462
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	21,228
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	22,023
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	22,842
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	23,691
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	24,587

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