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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	10,099

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 United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.