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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	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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