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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	Cameroon
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	15,483
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	15,913
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	16,354
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	16,815
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	17,289
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	17,764
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	18,249
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	18,746
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	19,278
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	19,843
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	20,419
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	21,002
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	21,586
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	22,181
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	22,800
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	23,513
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	24,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	24,995
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	25,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	26,373
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	27,114
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	27,878
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	28,663
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	29,417

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, Cameroon; the database as a whole is cited above.