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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	Malta	Sudan	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	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 Malta, Sudan, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.