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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Liberia	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,741	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	2,847	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	2,917	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	2,978	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	2,983	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,005	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,138	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,311	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,469	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,603	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,708	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,817	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,984	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,141	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,244	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,348	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,460	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,576	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,689	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,810	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,904	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,005	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,109	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,216	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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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.