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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 BarbadosDominicaUgandaBangladesh
2737023,408132,907
2747124,195135,207
2757124,992137,420
2767225,846139,573
2787226,661141,650
2797227,414143,644
2807228,200145,546
2817229,021147,376
2827229,846149,047
2837330,647150,562
2857331,469152,189
2867332,343153,927
2877333,257155,634
2887334,234157,326
2897335,271158,999
2907336,419160,650
2917437,673162,273
2917439,157163,938
2927440,879165,655
2937442,329167,358
2947543,639169,045
2947545,120170,709
2957646,645172,354
2957648,065174,217

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.

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.