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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	28,237

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