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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	Algeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	30,083
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	30,515
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	30,952
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	31,397
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	31,847
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	32,320
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	32,785
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	33,286
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	33,866
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	34,480
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	35,126
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	35,805
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	36,506
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	37,215
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	37,930
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	38,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	39,372
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	40,087
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	40,787
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	41,471
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	42,135
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	42,779
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	43,401
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	44,114

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