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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	Guinea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	7,610	273
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	7,780	274
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	7,821	275
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	7,906	276
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	8,121	278
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	8,317	279
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	8,478	280
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	8,650	281
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	8,860	282
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	9,091	283
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	9,327	285
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	9,571	286
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	9,825	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	10,084	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	10,351	289
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	10,632	290
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	10,924	291
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	11,225	291
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	11,534	292
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	11,855	293
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	12,160	294
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	12,469	294
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	12,778	295
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	13,087	295

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 Guinea, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.