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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	Liberia	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	23,796

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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