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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	Cambodia	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	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 Cambodia, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.