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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Albania	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	3,085	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	3,065	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	3,047	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	3,038	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	3,026	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	3,014	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	2,998	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	2,979	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	2,957	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	2,934	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	2,915	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	2,900	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	2,892	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	2,888	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	2,882	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	2,876	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	2,868	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	2,863	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	2,861	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	2,854	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	2,842	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	2,825	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	2,799	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	2,787	13,439

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