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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 BarbadosBurkina FasoUganda
27311,07523,408
27411,40524,195
27511,82824,992
27612,38025,846
27812,82926,661
27913,17827,414
28013,54028,200
28113,91729,021
28214,30929,846
28314,72230,647
28515,15231,469
28615,60032,343
28716,06433,257
28816,56334,234
28917,07235,271
29017,57536,419
29118,09437,673
29118,62139,157
29219,15740,879
29319,69842,329
29420,24243,639
29420,78845,120
29521,33646,645
29521,88948,065

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