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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	Yemen	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	16,728	433
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	17,236	438
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	17,762	443
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	18,310	448
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	18,855	454
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	19,410	460
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	20,000	467
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	20,611	474
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	21,236	482
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	21,878	491
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	22,533	500
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	23,195	509
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	23,880	521
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	24,594	533
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	25,311	547
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	26,020	560
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	26,698	571
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	27,347	586
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	27,985	599
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	28,608	610
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	29,216	623
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	29,811	633
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	30,399	643
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	31,058	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 Yemen, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.