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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	Oman	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	2,348	531
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	2,403	545
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	2,457	559
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	2,510	574
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	2,562	590
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	2,613	606
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	2,663	623
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	2,713	640
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	2,764	657
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	2,816	674
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	2,871	690
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	2,928	706
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	2,986	722
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	3,047	737
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	3,110	752
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	3,174	767
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	3,240	781
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	3,307	795
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	3,375	808
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	3,444	821
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	3,512	837
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	3,582	853
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	3,651	869
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	3,696	885

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 Oman, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.