Population, long-run history in Sri Lanka

Latest: 23,796
Previous: 23,732
Change: +63.99 (+0.3%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Persons, thousands

Population, long-run history over time

Annual, Persons, thousands, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for Population, long-run history in Sri Lanka
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	10,735
Dec 31, 1964	10,996
Dec 31, 1965	11,261
Dec 31, 1966	11,533
Dec 31, 1967	11,807
Dec 31, 1968	12,085
Dec 31, 1969	12,356
Dec 31, 1970	12,619
Dec 31, 1971	12,869
Dec 31, 1972	13,116
Dec 31, 1973	13,352
Dec 31, 1974	13,562
Dec 31, 1975	13,779
Dec 31, 1976	14,013
Dec 31, 1977	14,250
Dec 31, 1978	14,511
Dec 31, 1979	14,797
Dec 31, 1980	15,056
Dec 31, 1981	15,315
Dec 31, 1982	15,575
Dec 31, 1983	15,784
Dec 31, 1984	15,977
Dec 31, 1985	16,188
Dec 31, 1986	16,424
Dec 31, 1987	16,663
Dec 31, 1988	16,903
Dec 31, 1989	17,142
Dec 31, 1990	17,365
Dec 31, 1991	17,511
Dec 31, 1992	17,716
Dec 31, 1993	17,970
Dec 31, 1994	18,238
Dec 31, 1995	18,477
Dec 31, 1996	18,693
Dec 31, 1997	18,916
Dec 31, 1998	19,124
Dec 31, 1999	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	23,796

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

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 Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.

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