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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Oman	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	2,348	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	2,403	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	2,457	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	2,510	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	2,562	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	2,613	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	2,663	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	2,713	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	2,764	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	2,816	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	2,871	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	2,928	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	2,986	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	3,047	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	3,110	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	3,174	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	3,240	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	3,307	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	3,375	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	3,444	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	3,512	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	3,582	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	3,651	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	3,696	2,059

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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.