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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	30,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.