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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	El Salvador	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,767	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,825	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,856	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,869	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,880	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,888	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,899	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,906	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,911	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,934	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,954	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,967	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,984	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,033	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,121	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,179	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,205	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,248	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,304	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,368	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,372	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,385	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,407	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,429	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, El Salvador, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.