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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	Germany	Burkina Faso	Uganda	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	11,075	23,408	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	11,405	24,195	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	11,828	24,992	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	12,380	25,846	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	12,829	26,661	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	13,178	27,414	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	13,540	28,200	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	13,917	29,021	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	14,309	29,846	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	14,722	30,647	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	15,152	31,469	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	15,600	32,343	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	16,064	33,257	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	16,563	34,234	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	17,072	35,271	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	17,575	36,419	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	18,094	37,673	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	18,621	39,157	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	19,157	40,879	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	19,698	42,329	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	20,242	43,639	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	20,788	45,120	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	21,336	46,645	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	21,889	48,065	10,099

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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 Burkina Faso, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.