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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Uganda	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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