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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	433	23,408	627
Dec 31, 2000	438	24,195	659
Dec 31, 2001	443	24,992	691
Dec 31, 2002	448	25,846	724
Dec 31, 2003	454	26,661	757
Dec 31, 2004	460	27,414	850
Dec 31, 2005	467	28,200	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	474	29,021	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	482	29,846	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	491	30,647	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	500	31,469	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	509	32,343	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	521	33,257	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	533	34,234	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	547	35,271	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	560	36,419	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	571	37,673	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,157	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,879	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	610	42,329	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	623	43,639	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	633	45,120	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	643	46,645	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	651	48,065	2,559

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