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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	433	23,408	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	438	24,195	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	443	24,992	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	448	25,846	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	454	26,661	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	460	27,414	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	467	28,200	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	474	29,021	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	482	29,846	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	491	30,647	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	500	31,469	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	509	32,343	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	521	33,257	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	533	34,234	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	547	35,271	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	560	36,419	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	571	37,673	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	586	39,157	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	599	40,879	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	610	42,329	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	623	43,639	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	633	45,120	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	643	46,645	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	651	48,065	31,058

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