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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 BarbadosDominicaQatarUganda
2737062723,408
2747165924,195
2757169124,992
2767272425,846
2787275726,661
2797285027,414
280721,00128,200
281721,15329,021
282721,30629,846
283731,46030,647
285731,61531,469
286731,77032,343
287731,90433,257
288732,01034,234
289732,10335,271
290732,18736,419
291742,26137,673
291742,32639,157
292742,38440,879
293742,43542,329
294752,48043,639
294752,51945,120
295762,55346,645
295762,55948,065

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, Dominica, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.