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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	Thailand	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	433	59,748	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	438	60,165	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	443	60,746	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	448	61,323	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	454	61,884	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	460	62,425	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	467	62,956	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,467	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	482	63,937	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	491	64,381	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	500	64,804	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	509	65,208	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	521	65,599	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	533	65,970	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	547	66,332	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	560	66,673	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	571	66,975	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	586	67,250	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	599	67,506	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	610	67,750	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	623	67,975	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	633	68,180	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	643	68,366	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	651	68,457	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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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; the database as a whole is cited above.