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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	Saudi Arabia	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,964	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	20,426	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	20,956	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,549	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	22,189	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	22,850	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	23,516	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	24,178	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	24,841	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	25,518	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	26,227	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	27,068	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	27,810	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	28,516	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	29,220	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	29,936	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	30,646	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	31,360	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	32,184	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	32,869	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	33,661	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	34,542	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	33,651	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	34,081	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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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