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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	Serbia
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	7,611
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	7,587
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	7,574
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	7,570
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	7,551
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	7,533
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	7,510
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	7,481
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	7,451
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	7,419
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	7,389
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	7,304
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	7,269
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	7,234
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	7,199
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	7,162
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	7,124
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	7,087
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	7,048
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	7,010
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	6,964
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	6,898
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	6,833

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.

Serbia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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