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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	Greece	Burkina Faso	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	11,075	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	11,405	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	11,828	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	12,380	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	12,829	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	13,178	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	13,540	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	13,917	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	14,309	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	14,722	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	15,152	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	15,600	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	16,064	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	16,563	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	17,072	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	17,575	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	18,094	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	18,621	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	19,157	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	19,698	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	20,242	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	20,788	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	21,336	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	21,889	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.

All data sources

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

Greece

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.