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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	Oman	Mauritania
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	2,348	2,437
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	2,403	2,501
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	2,457	2,566
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	2,510	2,632
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	2,562	2,699
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	2,613	2,768
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	2,663	2,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	2,713	2,909
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	2,764	2,981
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	2,816	3,055
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	2,871	3,129
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	2,928	3,205
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	2,986	3,282
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	3,047	3,359
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	3,110	3,438
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	3,174	3,517
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	3,240	3,597
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	3,307	3,677
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	3,375	3,759
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	3,444	3,840
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	3,512	3,942
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	3,582	4,045
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	3,651	4,150
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	3,696	4,259

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, Oman, Mauritania; the database as a whole is cited above.