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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	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	18,348

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