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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	Sri Lanka	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.