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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	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	3,085	422
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	3,065	430
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	3,047	438
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	3,038	447
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	3,026	455
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	3,014	463
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	2,998	471
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	2,979	478
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	2,957	486
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	2,934	494
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	2,915	501
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	2,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	2,892	516
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	2,888	524
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	2,882	531
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	2,876	539
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	2,868	546
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	2,863	553
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	2,861	562
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	2,854	568
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	2,842	574
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	2,825	580
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	2,799	585
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	2,787	590

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, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.