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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Mexico	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	97,242	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	98,403	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	99,599	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	100,863	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	102,132	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	103,334	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	104,508	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	105,738	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	107,083	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	108,554	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	110,061	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	111,468	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	112,826	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	114,163	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	115,471	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	116,757	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	118,017	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	117,444	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	118,799	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	120,289	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	121,872	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	123,260	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	124,462	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	125,247	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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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