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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	Hong Kong SAR China	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,587	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,646	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,695	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	6,725	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	6,712	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	6,765	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	6,794	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	6,838	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,897	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,938	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,953	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,004	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,052	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	7,130	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,159	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	7,209	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	7,271	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,316	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,372	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,432	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,487	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,460	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,392	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,387	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, Hong Kong SAR China, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.