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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosBeninOmanUganda
2736,4612,34823,408
2746,6772,40324,195
2756,9022,45724,992
2767,1302,51025,846
2787,3602,56226,661
2797,5892,61327,414
2807,8382,66328,200
2818,0892,71329,021
2828,3352,76429,846
2838,6032,81630,647
2858,8842,87131,469
2869,1792,92832,343
2879,4862,98633,257
2889,8053,04734,234
28910,1353,11035,271
29010,4803,17436,419
29110,8423,24037,673
29111,2203,30739,157
29211,6133,37540,879
29312,0183,44442,329
29412,3703,51243,639
29412,7253,58245,120
29513,0813,65146,645
29513,4393,69648,065

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.

All data sources

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, Benin, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.