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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	Haiti	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	8,121	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	8,279	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	8,430	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	8,580	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	8,739	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	8,900	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	9,061	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	9,216	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	9,364	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	9,508	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	9,652	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	9,553	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	9,670	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	9,793	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	9,922	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	10,047	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	10,254	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	10,486	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	10,647	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	10,788	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	10,933	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	11,077	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	11,215	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	11,349	108,171	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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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 Haiti, Congo - Kinshasa, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.