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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	Niger	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	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

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