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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Romania	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	22,414	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	22,262	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	22,106	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	21,931	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	21,828	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	21,704	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	21,571	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	21,443	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	21,129	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	20,779	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	20,607	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	20,485	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	20,385	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	20,296	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	20,224	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	20,151	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	20,055	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	19,938	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	19,823	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	19,713	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	19,622	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	19,496	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	19,351	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	19,266	5,216

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.