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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sri Lanka	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	19,354	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	19,610	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	19,838	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	20,060	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	20,297	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	20,529	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	20,703	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	20,917	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	21,120	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	21,315	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	21,503	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	21,713	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	21,918	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	22,120	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	22,320	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	22,517	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	22,711	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	22,899	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	23,080	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	23,254	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	23,420	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	23,579	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	23,732	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	23,796	58,966

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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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