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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Hungary	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	10,244	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	10,218	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	10,194	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	10,165	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	10,136	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	10,114	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	10,094	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	10,078	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	10,062	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	10,045	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	10,029	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	10,007	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	9,978	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	9,927	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	9,900	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	9,873	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,850	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,821	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	9,794	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	9,782	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	9,778	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	9,757	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,716	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,690	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.

Hungary

1870-1913: L. Katus, "Economic Growth in Hungary during the Age of Dualism (1867-1913)" in E. Pemlenyi, ed., Social Economic Research in the History of East Central Europe, Akademiai Kiado, Budapest, 1970, p.108 and J. Komlos, The Habsburg Monarchy as a Customs Union, Princeton, 1983, pp. 291-3
1900-42: A. Eckstein, "National Income and Capital Formation in Hungary, 1900-50", in S. Kuznets, ed., Income and Wealth, series V GNP index, Bowes and Bowes, London, 1955, p. 175
1938-50: from L. Czirjak, "Hungarian GNP by Sectors of Origin of Product and End Uses, 1938 and 1946-67", Occasional Paper 43, Research Project on East Central Europe, New York, 1973.

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.