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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	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.

All data sources

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