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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Denmark	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	5,322	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	5,339	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	5,358	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	5,377	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	5,391	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	5,404	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	5,420	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	5,438	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	5,461	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	5,494	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	5,524	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	5,548	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	5,571	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	5,592	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	5,614	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	5,644	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	5,683	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	5,730	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	5,766	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	5,795	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	5,818	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	5,831	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	5,855	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	5,907	3,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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