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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	Uganda	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	5,750

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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).