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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	Luxembourg	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	433	273
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	438	274
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	443	275
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	448	276
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	454	278
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	460	279
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	467	280
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	474	281
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	482	282
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	491	283
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	500	285
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	509	286
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	521	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	533	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	547	289
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	560	290
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	571	291
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	586	291
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	599	292
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	610	293
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	623	294
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	633	294
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	643	295
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	651	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 Luxembourg, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.