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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	Burkina Faso	Uganda	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	23,408	422
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	24,195	430
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	24,992	438
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	25,846	447
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	26,661	455
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	27,414	463
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	28,200	471
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	29,021	478
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	29,846	486
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	30,647	494
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	31,469	501
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	32,343	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	33,257	516
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	34,234	524
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	35,271	531
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	36,419	539
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	37,673	546
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	39,157	553
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	40,879	562
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	42,329	568
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	43,639	574
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	45,120	580
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	46,645	585
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	48,065	590

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.