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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	19,354	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	19,610	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	19,838	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	20,060	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	20,297	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	20,529	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	20,703	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	20,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	21,120	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	21,315	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	21,503	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	21,713	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	21,918	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	22,120	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	22,320	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	22,517	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	22,711	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	22,899	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	23,080	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	23,254	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	23,420	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	23,579	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	23,732	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	23,796	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.