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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	19,354	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	19,610	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	19,838	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	20,060	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	20,297	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	20,529	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	20,703	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,917	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,120	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,315	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	21,503	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	21,713	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	21,918	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	22,120	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	22,320	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	22,517	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	22,711	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	22,899	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	23,080	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	23,254	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	23,420	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	23,579	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	23,732	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	23,796	10,099

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

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.