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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	Israel
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	5,927
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	6,088
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	6,236
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	6,366
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	6,484
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	6,603
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	6,723
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	6,846
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	6,972
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	7,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	7,226
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	7,360
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	7,498
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	7,637
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	7,781
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	7,931
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	8,091
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	8,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	8,412
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	8,576
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	8,742
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	8,899
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	9,047
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	9,188

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

Israel

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

No separate list is published for Barbados, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.