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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	Singapore	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,959	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,028	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,138	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,176	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,115	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,167	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,266	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,401	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,589	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,839	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,988	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,077	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,184	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,312	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,399	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,470	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,535	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,607	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,612	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,639	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,704	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,686	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,716	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,750	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

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

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