Mid-year population
Long-run series since 1950. '000, annual.
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Data source: Department of Census and Statistics, Special Statistical Appendix (20 Apr 2026)
Macro Lab · LK.POP.LONG_RUN.MID_YEAR_POPULATION.A · CC BY 4.0
About this series
- Source Department of Census and Statistics, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit '000
- Date range 1950 – 2025
- Last checked 20 Apr 2026
Checks: no discrepancies recorded. Compiled by Department of Census and Statistics, read from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Mid-year population
- Read from
- CBSL Annual Economic Review statistical appendix (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/publications/economic-and-financial-reports/annual-economic-review
- Notes
- CBSL Annual Economic Review Special Statistical Appendix. A long annual splice CBSL itself compiles across every base-year rebasing since independence, specifically to give one continuous read where the ordinary statistical tables only hold the post-rebasing years. Table 1: Population and Labour Force, 1950-. Population/vital-rate columns (RGD/DCS) are a genuine gap - the warehouse's POP.* families only start in 2014. The LFPR/unemployment columns overlap two held series with a hole between them: LK.LAB.LFS.PRE2013.* (1990-1999, exact match confirmed at 1990 and 1997 - see check_special_t1) and LK.LAB.LFS.* (2013-2025); this table is the only source for 2000-2012 and is loaded in full rather than only the gap years, since it is one continuous series and splitting it would be artificial. Both held series stay canonical (see supersede()'s docstring for why this case does not fit the binary demote/keep-both OVERLAP RULE outcomes).
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Vintages
One vintage so far, published 20 Apr 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.