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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	North Korea	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.