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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	18,494

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