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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	Cameroon	Oman	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	2,348	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	2,403	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	2,457	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	2,510	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	2,562	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	2,613	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,663	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,713	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,764	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,816	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,871	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,928	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,986	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	3,047	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	3,110	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	3,174	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	3,240	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	3,307	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	3,375	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	3,444	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	3,512	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	3,582	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	3,651	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	3,696	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 Cameroon, Oman, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.