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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	Malaysia	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,132	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,695	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,291	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,874	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,437	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,993	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,543	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,086	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,620	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,161	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	27,715	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	28,268	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	28,750	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	29,163	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,568	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,977	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,387	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	30,782	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	31,164	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,539	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	31,903	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,257	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	32,603	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	32,956	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

Malaysia

1900-1939: Nazrin Shah, S. (2017). Charting the Economy: Early 20th Century Malaya and Contemporary Malaysian Contrasts, Oxford University Press

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.