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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	Barbados	Central African Republic	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	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 Barbados, Central African Republic, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.