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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	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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