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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	Uganda	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	10,099

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.