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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	Singapore
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	2,348	3,959
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	2,403	4,028
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	2,457	4,138
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	2,510	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	2,562	4,115
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	2,613	4,167
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	2,663	4,266
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	2,713	4,401
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	2,764	4,589
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	2,816	4,839
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	2,871	4,988
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	2,928	5,077
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	2,986	5,184
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	3,047	5,312
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	3,110	5,399
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	3,174	5,470
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	3,240	5,535
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	3,307	5,607
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	3,375	5,612
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	3,444	5,639
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	3,512	5,704
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	3,582	5,686
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	3,651	5,716
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	3,696	5,750

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.

Singapore

1900–1959: Sugimoto, I. (2011), Economic growth of Singapore in the twentieth century: historical GDP estimates and empirical investigations, Economic Growth Centre Research Monograph ser., 2, http://www.worldscibooks.com/economics/7858.html (accessed on 30 Jan. 2013).

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.