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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	Sri Lanka	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	3,876

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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