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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Dominican RepublicSri LankaCongo - Kinshasa
8,17519,35451,181
8,30119,61052,782
8,42719,83854,453
8,55320,06056,170
8,67820,29757,860
8,80120,52959,599
8,92420,70361,474
9,04420,91763,479
9,16421,12065,590
9,28121,31567,800
9,39821,50370,114
9,51221,71372,550
9,62721,91875,138
9,74222,12077,792
9,85522,32080,534
9,96522,51783,368
10,07222,71186,229
10,17722,89989,193
10,28123,08092,209
10,38523,25495,232
10,48723,42098,320
10,58723,579101,499
10,68623,732104,767
10,79323,796108,171

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 Dominican Republic, Sri Lanka, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.