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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	Luxembourg	Paraguay	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,366	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,473	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,579	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,683	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,786	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,886	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,984	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	474	6,080	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	482	6,173	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	491	6,264	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	500	6,352	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	509	6,438	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	521	6,522	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	533	6,605	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	547	6,688	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	560	6,769	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	571	6,850	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	586	6,930	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	599	7,012	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	610	7,095	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	623	7,179	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	633	7,263	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	643	7,348	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	651	7,432	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

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 Luxembourg, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.