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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Burkina Faso	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	11,075	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	11,405	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	11,828	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	12,380	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	12,829	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	13,178	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	13,540	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	13,917	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	14,309	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	14,722	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	15,152	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	15,600	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	16,064	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	16,563	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	17,072	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	17,575	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	18,094	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	18,621	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	19,157	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	19,698	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	20,242	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	20,788	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	21,336	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	21,889	48,065

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 Afghanistan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.