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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Korea	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	6,291

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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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