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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Uganda	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	11,349

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 Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.