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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	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	433	23,408	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	438	24,195	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	443	24,992	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	448	25,846	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	454	26,661	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	460	27,414	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	467	28,200	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	474	29,021	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	482	29,846	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	491	30,647	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	500	31,469	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	509	32,343	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	521	33,257	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	533	34,234	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	547	35,271	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	560	36,419	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	571	37,673	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,157	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,879	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	610	42,329	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	623	43,639	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	633	45,120	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	643	46,645	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	651	48,065	3,228

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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.