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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	Guatemala	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,487	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,728	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,968	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,258	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,556	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,873	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,200	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,517	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,828	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,139	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	14,452	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,769	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	15,088	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	15,405	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,719	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	16,030	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,337	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,636	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,929	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,223	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	17,518	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,812	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	18,106	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,348	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, Guatemala; the database as a whole is cited above.