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Annual, Persons

Source: World Bank

Population: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Laos	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 2002	264,148	5,610,889	19,805,752
Dec 31, 2003	265,776	5,697,945	19,951,521
Dec 31, 2004	267,298	5,781,626	20,087,605
Dec 31, 2005	268,706	5,869,523	20,216,524
Dec 31, 2006	270,002	5,963,200	20,352,411
Dec 31, 2007	271,288	6,056,236	20,492,545
Dec 31, 2008	272,714	6,148,969	20,629,378
Dec 31, 2009	274,123	6,241,642	20,756,435
Dec 31, 2010	275,243	6,334,194	20,879,089
Dec 31, 2011	276,139	6,426,590	21,009,048
Dec 31, 2012	276,938	6,518,978	21,169,458
Dec 31, 2013	277,665	6,611,385	20,585,000
Dec 31, 2014	278,348	6,703,172	20,778,000
Dec 31, 2015	278,990	6,801,645	20,970,000
Dec 31, 2016	279,598	6,908,802	21,209,000
Dec 31, 2017	280,171	7,018,147	21,453,000
Dec 31, 2018	280,711	7,128,045	21,670,000
Dec 31, 2019	281,207	7,237,636	21,803,000
Dec 31, 2020	281,698	7,346,533	21,919,000
Dec 31, 2021	282,147	7,453,194	22,156,000
Dec 31, 2022	282,318	7,559,007	22,181,000
Dec 31, 2023	282,336	7,664,993	22,037,000
Dec 31, 2024	282,467	7,769,819	21,916,000
Dec 31, 2025	282,623	7,873,046	21,756,000