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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	Germany	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	48,065

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.