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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	627
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	659
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	691
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	724
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	757
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	850
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	2,559

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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.