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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	Sri Lanka	Burkina Faso	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	19,354	11,075	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	19,610	11,405	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	19,838	11,828	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	20,060	12,380	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	20,297	12,829	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	20,529	13,178	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	20,703	13,540	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	20,917	13,917	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	21,120	14,309	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	21,315	14,722	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	21,503	15,152	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	21,713	15,600	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	21,918	16,064	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	22,120	16,563	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	22,320	17,072	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	22,517	17,575	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	22,711	18,094	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	22,899	18,621	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	23,080	19,157	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	23,254	19,698	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	23,420	20,242	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	23,579	20,788	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	23,732	21,336	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	23,796	21,889	3,570

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

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