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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	Mali	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	108,171	23,796

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 Mali, Congo - Kinshasa, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.