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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	Gambia	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,320	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,357	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,393	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,431	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,469	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,508	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,548	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,589	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,630	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,671	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,713	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,755	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,798	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,840	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,883	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,926	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,968	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,010	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,051	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,093	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,147	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,203	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,260	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,316	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, Gambia, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.