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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Afghanistan	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,206	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,461	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,507	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	23,600	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	25,005	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,698	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,335	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	27,154	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	27,387	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	27,706	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,484	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	29,121	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,758	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	30,420	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	31,108	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	31,823	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	32,564	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	33,332	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	34,125	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	34,941	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	35,972	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	37,034	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,127	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	39,252	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.