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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Germany	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	70	81,439	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	71	81,474	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	71	81,534	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	72	81,595	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	72	81,566	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	72	81,473	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	72	81,354	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	72	81,190	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	72	81,009	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	73	80,781	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	73	80,500	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	73	80,301	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	73	80,292	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	73	80,443	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,663	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	73	81,000	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	74	81,704	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	74	82,366	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	74	82,674	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	74	82,923	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	75	83,110	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	75	83,178	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	76	83,213	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	76	83,811	48,065

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

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 Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.