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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	Cyprus	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	818	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	826	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	835	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	845	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	855	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	867	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	879	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	894	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	913	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	937	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	962	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	988	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	1,013	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	1,029	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	1,026	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	1,015	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	1,009	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	1,014	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	1,023	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	1,036	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	1,050	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	1,062	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	1,072	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	1,087	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 Cyprus, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.