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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	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	937

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