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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	Iceland	Lebanon	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,460	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,499	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,554	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,610	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,665	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,721	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,777	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,853	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,954	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	4,036	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	4,082	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	4,097	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	4,115	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	4,206	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	4,696	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,365	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,640	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,688	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,680	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,562	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,331	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	4,986	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	4,802	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	4,713	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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