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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	46,498

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