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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date SudanCongo - KinshasaSri Lanka
26,16851,18119,354
26,77152,78219,610
27,38754,45319,838
28,01756,17020,060
28,66257,86020,297
29,32159,59920,529
29,99661,47420,703
30,68663,47920,917
31,39365,59021,120
32,13767,80021,315
33,07870,11421,503
33,89172,55021,713
34,56875,13821,918
35,29377,79222,120
36,09380,53422,320
37,05883,36822,517
38,16586,22922,711
39,29489,19322,899
40,51292,20923,080
41,76495,23223,254
42,95298,32023,420
44,121101,49923,579
45,290104,76723,732
46,498108,17123,796

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