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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	South Africa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	46,257	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	46,958	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	47,820	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	48,480	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	48,951	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	49,478	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	50,054	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	50,667	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	51,339	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	52,077	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	52,862	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	53,682	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	54,518	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	55,356	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	56,215	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	57,075	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	57,947	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	58,830	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	59,715	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	60,595	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	61,469	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	62,355	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	62,900	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	63,382	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

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

No separate list is published for Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.