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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Bosnia & HerzegovinaAlbaniaUganda
3,8113,08523,408
3,9013,06524,195
3,9193,04724,992
3,9233,03825,846
3,9403,02626,661
3,9753,01427,414
3,9912,99828,200
3,9932,97929,021
3,9902,95729,846
3,9872,93430,647
3,9852,91531,469
3,9832,90032,343
3,9802,89233,257
3,9772,88834,234
3,9732,88235,271
3,9682,87636,419
3,9632,86837,673
3,9572,86339,157
3,9512,86140,879
3,9442,85442,329
3,9372,84243,639
3,9292,82545,120
3,9212,79946,645
3,8762,78748,065

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.