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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	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	380

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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