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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Denmark	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	5,322	433
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	5,339	438
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	5,358	443
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	5,377	448
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	5,391	454
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	5,404	460
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	5,420	467
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	5,438	474
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	5,461	482
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	5,494	491
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	5,524	500
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	5,548	509
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	5,571	521
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	5,592	533
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	5,614	547
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	5,644	560
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	5,683	571
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	5,730	586
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	5,766	599
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	5,795	610
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	5,818	623
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	5,831	633
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	5,855	643
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	5,907	651

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 Denmark, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.