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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	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	108,171

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

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