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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Switzerland
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	7,258
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	7,296
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	7,332
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	7,384
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	7,438
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	7,488
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	7,532
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	7,579
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	7,647
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	7,738
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	7,825
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	7,884
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	7,959
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	8,044
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	8,137
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	8,237
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	8,332
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	8,423
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	8,502
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	8,565
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	8,626
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	8,689
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	8,756
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	8,834

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK