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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	Uganda	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	2,787	295

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 Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.