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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Brazil	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	174,320	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	176,902	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	179,389	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	181,721	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	183,970	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	186,165	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	188,330	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	190,438	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	192,450	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	194,458	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	196,464	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	198,408	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	200,152	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	201,894	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	203,614	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	205,358	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	207,148	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	208,859	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	210,537	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	212,258	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	213,940	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	215,577	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	216,720	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	217,718	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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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