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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828