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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	Sri Lanka	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,354	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	19,610	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	19,838	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	20,060	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	20,297	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	20,529	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	20,703	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	20,917	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,120	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	21,315	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	21,503	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	21,713	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	21,918	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	22,120	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	22,320	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	22,517	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	22,711	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	22,899	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	23,080	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	23,254	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	23,420	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	23,579	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	23,732	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	23,796	19,266	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.

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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