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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	Tanzania	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	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, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.