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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	Madagascar	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.