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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	627	433
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	659	438
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	691	443
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	724	448
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	757	454
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	850	460
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	1,001	467
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	1,153	474
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	1,306	482
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	1,460	491
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	1,615	500
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	1,770	509
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	1,904	521
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	2,010	533
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	2,103	547
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	2,187	560
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	2,261	571
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	2,326	586
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	2,384	599
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	2,435	610
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	2,480	623
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	2,519	633
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	2,553	643
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	2,559	651

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