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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	Uganda	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	23,408	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	24,195	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	24,992	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	25,846	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	26,661	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	27,414	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	28,200	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	29,021	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	29,846	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	30,647	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	31,469	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	32,343	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	33,257	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	34,234	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	35,271	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	36,419	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	37,673	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,157	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,879	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	42,329	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	43,639	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	45,120	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	46,645	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	48,065	295

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, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.