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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	Ukraine
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	49,491
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	49,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	48,520
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	48,074
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	47,692
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	47,342
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	47,003
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	46,685
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	46,407
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	46,156
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	45,951
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	45,768
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	45,604
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	45,492
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	45,389
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	44,944
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	44,429
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	44,208
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	44,029
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	43,944
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	43,951
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	43,904
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	43,746
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	39,897

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