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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	Indonesia	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	208,105	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	211,408	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	214,475	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	217,516	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	220,549	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	224,473	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	227,534	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	230,739	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	233,918	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	237,056	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	240,140	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	243,171	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	246,150	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	249,086	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	251,947	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	254,702	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	257,351	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	259,906	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	262,379	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	264,789	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	267,142	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	269,437	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	271,674	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	273,409	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

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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