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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	Qatar	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	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 Qatar, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.