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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	Tunisia	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	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 Tunisia, Congo - Kinshasa, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.