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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	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	1,126

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