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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	433	23,408	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	438	24,195	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	443	24,992	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	448	25,846	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	454	26,661	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	460	27,414	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	467	28,200	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	474	29,021	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	482	29,846	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	491	30,647	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	500	31,469	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	509	32,343	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	521	33,257	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	533	34,234	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	547	35,271	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	560	36,419	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	571	37,673	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,157	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,879	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	610	42,329	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	623	43,639	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	633	45,120	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	643	46,645	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	651	48,065	46,498

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