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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Luxembourg	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	387	433	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	390	438	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	393	443	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	396	448	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	398	454	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	401	460	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	404	467	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	405	474	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	406	482	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	409	491	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	412	500	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	414	509	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	416	521	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	420	533	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	426	547	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	435	560	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	445	571	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	455	586	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	468	599	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	485	610	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	504	623	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	516	633	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	518	643	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	530	651	48,065

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 Malta, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.