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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	Sri Lanka	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,354	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,610	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	285	19,838	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,060	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	289	20,297	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	293	20,529	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,703	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,917	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,120	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,315	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,503	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,713	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,918	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,120	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,320	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	22,517	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	331	22,711	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	335	22,899	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	343	23,080	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	353	23,254	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	361	23,420	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	366	23,579	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,732	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	380	23,796	5,657

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 Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan; the database as a whole is cited above.