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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	19,354	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	19,610	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	19,838	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	20,060	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	20,297	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	20,529	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	20,703	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	20,917	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	21,120	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	21,315	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	21,503	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	21,713	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	21,918	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	22,120	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	22,320	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	22,517	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	22,711	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	22,899	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	23,080	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	23,254	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	23,420	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	23,579	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	23,732	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	23,796	5,657

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