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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	Iceland	Senegal	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	10,070	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	10,305	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	10,576	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	10,864	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	11,172	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	11,498	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	11,839	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	12,204	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	12,584	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	12,978	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	13,382	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	13,794	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	14,226	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	14,668	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	15,121	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	15,589	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	16,066	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	16,549	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	17,044	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	17,535	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	18,021	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	18,518	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	19,016	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	19,512	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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