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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	Georgia	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	4,848	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	4,814	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,789	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,771	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,746	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,739	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,786	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,826	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,820	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,819	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,851	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,898	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,934	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,946	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,938	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,931	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,927	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,924	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,922	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,922	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,923	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,926	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,929	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	4,911	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

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