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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	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	19,354	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	19,610	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	19,838	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	20,060	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	20,297	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	20,529	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	20,703	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	20,917	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	21,120	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	21,315	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	21,503	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	21,713	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	21,918	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	22,120	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	22,320	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	22,517	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	22,711	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	22,899	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	23,080	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	23,254	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	23,420	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	23,579	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	23,732	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	23,796	7,432

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