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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	Mali	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,596	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,833	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,890	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	11,007	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	11,307	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	11,579	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	11,804	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	12,043	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	12,337	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	12,657	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	12,986	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	13,325	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	13,679	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,040	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,412	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,803	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	15,210	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,629	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	16,060	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	16,507	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	16,967	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	17,442	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	17,930	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	18,494	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 Mali, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.