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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.