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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Uganda	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	37,101

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 Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.