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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Qatar	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.