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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Barbados	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	273	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	274	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	275	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	276	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	278	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	279	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	280	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	281	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	282	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	283	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	285	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	286	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	287	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	288	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	289	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	290	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	291	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	291	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	292	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	293	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	294	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	294	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	295	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	295	146,693

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.