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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 BarbadosDominicaUgandaEstonia
2737023,4081,378
2747124,1951,400
2757124,9921,391
2767225,8461,382
2787226,6611,374
2797227,4141,365
2807228,2001,357
2817229,0211,349
2827229,8461,341
2837330,6471,337
2857331,4691,334
2867332,3431,332
2877333,2571,328
2887334,2341,324
2897335,2711,319
2907336,4191,314
2917437,6731,312
2917439,1571,314
2927440,8791,314
2937442,3291,318
2947543,6391,323
2947545,1201,327
2957646,6451,329
2957648,0651,330

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