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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	19,354	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	19,610	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	19,838	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	20,060	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	20,297	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	20,529	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	20,703	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,120	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,315	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	21,503	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	21,713	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	21,918	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	22,120	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	22,320	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	22,517	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	22,711	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	22,899	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	23,080	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	23,254	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	23,420	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	23,579	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	23,732	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	23,796	295

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Sri Lanka, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.