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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	Dominican Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	8,175
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	8,301
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	8,427
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	8,553
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	8,678
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	8,801
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	8,924
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	9,044
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	9,164
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	9,281
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	9,398
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	9,512
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	9,627
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	9,742
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	9,855
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	9,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	10,072
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	10,177
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	10,281
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	10,385
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	10,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	10,587
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	10,686
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	10,793

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, Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.