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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Uganda	France
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	68,387

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.

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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