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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	Haiti	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,121	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,279	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,430	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,580	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,739	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,900	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,061	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,216	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,364	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,508	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,652	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,553	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,670	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,793	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,922	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,047	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,254	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,486	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,647	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,788	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,933	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,077	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,215	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,349	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, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.