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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	Slovenia	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,998	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,004	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,006	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,009	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,010	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,011	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,015	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,022	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,033	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,036	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,056	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,063	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,067	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,071	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,074	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,076	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,078	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,079	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,081	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,087	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,104	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,118	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,123	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,124	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

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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