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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	Oman	Uganda	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	23,408	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	24,195	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	24,992	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	25,846	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	26,661	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	27,414	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	28,200	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	29,021	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	29,846	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	30,647	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	31,469	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	32,343	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	33,257	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	34,234	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	35,271	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	36,419	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	37,673	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	39,157	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	40,879	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	42,329	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	43,639	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	45,120	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	46,645	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	48,065	380

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

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.

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.