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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	Barbados	Cameroon	Burkina Faso	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,483	11,075	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,913	11,405	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,354	11,828	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,815	12,380	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,289	12,829	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,764	13,178	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,249	13,540	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,746	13,917	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,278	14,309	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,843	14,722	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,419	15,152	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,002	15,600	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,586	16,064	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,181	16,563	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,800	17,072	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,513	17,575	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,273	18,094	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,995	18,621	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,680	19,157	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	26,373	19,698	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	27,114	20,242	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	27,878	20,788	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	28,663	21,336	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	29,417	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.

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