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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Tunisia	Central African Republic	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	3,889	277
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	3,980	281
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	4,054	285
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	4,128	288
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	4,215	289
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	4,289	293
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	4,363	296
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	4,449	304
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	4,544	311
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	4,641	319
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	4,742	319
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	4,845	318
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	4,950	319
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	5,057	321
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	5,167	324
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	5,278	327
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	5,392	331
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	5,507	335
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	5,625	343
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	5,745	353
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	5,874	361
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	6,025	366
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	6,154	372
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	6,291	380

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 Tunisia, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.