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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	Trinidad & Tobago
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	1,301
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	1,303
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	1,308
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	1,314
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	1,320
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	1,326
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	1,332
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	1,338
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	1,344
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	1,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	1,359
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	1,365
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	1,372
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	1,379
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	1,386
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	1,392
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	1,399
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	1,405
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	1,411
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	1,436
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	1,452
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	1,448
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	1,450
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	1,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.