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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	Kenya	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	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

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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