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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	Syria	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	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

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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