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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	117,924

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