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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	Moldova	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	4,244	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	4,199	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	4,154	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	4,108	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	4,059	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	4,013	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	3,966	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	3,919	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	3,873	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	3,829	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	3,788	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	3,748	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	3,709	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	3,671	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	3,633	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	3,595	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	3,558	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	3,522	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	3,485	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	3,448	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	3,412	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	3,376	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	3,339	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	3,570	651

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.

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