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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	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	2,048

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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