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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	Sudan	Albania	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	3,085	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	3,065	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	3,047	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	3,038	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	3,026	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	3,014	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	2,998	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	2,979	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	2,957	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	2,934	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	2,915	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	2,900	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	2,892	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	2,888	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	2,882	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	2,876	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	2,868	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	2,863	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	2,861	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	2,854	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	2,842	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	2,825	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	2,799	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	2,787	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.

All data sources

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 Sudan, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.