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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	Sudan	Oman	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	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.

All data sources

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