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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	Cyprus
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	818
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	826
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	835
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	845
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	855
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	867
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	879
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	894
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	913
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	937
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	962
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	988
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	1,013
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	1,029
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	1,026
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	1,015
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	1,009
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	1,014
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	1,023
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	1,036
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	1,050
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	1,062
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	1,072
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	1,087

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