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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	Saudi Arabia	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.