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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	Mozambique
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	16,522
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	16,841
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	17,176
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	17,525
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	17,889
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	18,264
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	18,652
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	19,059
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	19,480
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	19,928
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	20,418
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	20,950
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	21,535
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	22,150
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	22,768
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	23,393
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	24,023
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	24,660
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	25,318
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	25,998
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	26,694
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	27,401
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	28,121
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	28,903

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