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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	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	5,907

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.