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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Ethiopia	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	63,575	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	65,213	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	66,889	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	68,649	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	70,491	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	72,389	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	74,327	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	76,326	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	78,411	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	80,564	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	82,787	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	85,096	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	87,530	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	90,066	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	92,632	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	95,337	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	98,114	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	100,858	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	103,654	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	106,466	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	109,267	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	112,100	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	114,964	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	117,924	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 Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.