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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	10,200

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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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