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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	Djibouti	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	646	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	669	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	693	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	716	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	691	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	657	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	666	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	679	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	694	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	709	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	725	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	741	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	757	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	774	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	792	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	810	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	828	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	847	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	865	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	884	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	898	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	912	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	924	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	937	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, Djibouti, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.