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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.