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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	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	433	23,408	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	438	24,195	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	443	24,992	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	448	25,846	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	454	26,661	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	460	27,414	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	467	28,200	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	474	29,021	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	482	29,846	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	491	30,647	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	500	31,469	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	509	32,343	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	521	33,257	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	533	34,234	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	547	35,271	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	560	36,419	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	571	37,673	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,157	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,879	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	610	42,329	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	623	43,639	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	633	45,120	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	643	46,645	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	651	48,065	5,907

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