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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	Oman	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,348	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	2,403	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	2,457	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	2,510	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	2,562	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	2,613	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	2,663	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	2,713	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	2,764	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	2,816	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	2,871	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	2,928	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	2,986	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,047	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,110	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,174	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,240	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,307	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,375	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,444	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,512	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,582	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,651	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,696	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, Oman, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.