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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Chile	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	15,140	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	15,340	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	15,513	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	15,686	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	15,859	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	16,029	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	16,222	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	16,364	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	16,536	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	16,700	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	16,864	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	16,999	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	17,189	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	17,378	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	17,545	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	17,720	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	17,904	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	18,099	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	18,350	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	18,681	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,035	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,385	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,604	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,715	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.

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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