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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	Spain	Oman	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	2,348	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	2,403	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	2,457	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	2,510	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	2,562	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	2,613	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	2,663	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	2,713	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	2,764	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	2,816	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	2,871	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	2,928	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	2,986	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	3,047	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	3,110	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	3,174	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	3,240	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	3,307	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	3,375	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	3,444	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	3,512	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	3,582	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	3,651	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	3,696	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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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