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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	Nigeria	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	121,649	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	125,014	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	128,513	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	132,165	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	135,971	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	139,900	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,914	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	148,019	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	152,195	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	156,434	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	160,751	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	165,142	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	169,607	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	174,142	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	178,737	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	183,362	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	187,979	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	192,594	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	197,417	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	202,498	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	207,699	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	213,021	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	218,473	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	223,735	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

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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