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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	Ecuador	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	12,268	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	12,446	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	12,629	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	12,827	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	13,074	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	13,368	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	13,661	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	13,915	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	14,133	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	14,352	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	14,569	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	14,786	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	15,002	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	15,218	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	15,433	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	15,647	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	15,860	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	16,072	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	16,282	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	16,489	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	16,693	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	16,894	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	17,093	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	17,288	2,559

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.

All data sources

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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