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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Denmark	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	70	5,322	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	71	5,339	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	71	5,358	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	72	5,377	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	72	5,391	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	72	5,404	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	72	5,420	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	72	5,438	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	72	5,461	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	73	5,494	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	73	5,524	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	73	5,548	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	73	5,571	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	73	5,592	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	73	5,614	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	73	5,644	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	74	5,683	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	74	5,730	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	74	5,766	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	74	5,795	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	75	5,818	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,831	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,855	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,907	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

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