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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	Denmark	Ecuador	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	12,268	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	12,446	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	12,629	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	12,827	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	13,074	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	13,368	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	13,661	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	13,915	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	14,133	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	14,352	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	14,569	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	14,786	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	15,002	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	15,218	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	15,433	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	15,647	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	15,860	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	16,072	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	16,282	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	16,489	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	16,693	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	16,894	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	17,093	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	17,288	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.

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.