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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Paraguay	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	5,366	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	5,473	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	5,579	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	5,683	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	5,786	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	5,886	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	5,984	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	6,080	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	6,173	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	6,264	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	6,352	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	6,438	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	6,522	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	6,605	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	6,688	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	6,769	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	6,850	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	6,930	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	7,012	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	7,095	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	7,179	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	7,263	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	7,348	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	7,432	23,796

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, Paraguay, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.