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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	Jordan	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,591	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,700	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,811	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,923	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,037	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,161	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,295	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,765	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,243	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,397	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,538	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,680	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,840	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,952	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	7,706	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,839	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,506	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,863	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,066	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,273	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,480	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,628	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,716	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,849	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

Jordan

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
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.