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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	Qatar	Sudan	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	26,168	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	26,771	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	27,387	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	28,017	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	28,662	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	29,321	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	29,996	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	30,686	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	31,393	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	32,137	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	33,078	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	33,891	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	34,568	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	35,293	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	36,093	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	37,058	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	38,165	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	39,294	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	40,512	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	41,764	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	42,952	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	44,121	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	45,290	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	46,498	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

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, Qatar, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.