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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Palestinian Territories	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	2,996	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	3,075	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	3,155	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	3,235	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	3,315	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	3,396	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	3,478	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	3,559	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	3,642	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	3,727	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	3,817	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	3,907	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	3,997	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	4,088	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	4,178	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	4,269	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	4,359	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	4,451	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	4,533	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	4,615	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	4,715	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	4,820	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	4,930	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	5,042	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 Palestinian Territories, Congo - Kinshasa, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.