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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	South Korea	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,617	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	47,008	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,370	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	47,645	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,892	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	48,083	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,185	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,438	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	48,684	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,055	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,308	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	49,554	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	49,937	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	50,200	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	50,429	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	50,747	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	51,015	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	51,218	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	51,362	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,585	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	51,765	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	51,836	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	51,745	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	51,731	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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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