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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Chad	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,559	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,821	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	285	8,092	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	288	8,395	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	289	8,763	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	293	9,191	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	296	9,594	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	304	9,967	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,338	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,728	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	319	11,139	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	318	11,550	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	319	11,983	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	321	12,427	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	324	12,895	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	327	13,379	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	331	13,823	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	335	14,277	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	343	14,765	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,252	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,750	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,257	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,776	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	380	17,307	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.

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