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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 BarbadosMaltaOmanUganda
2733872,34823,408
2743902,40324,195
2753932,45724,992
2763962,51025,846
2783982,56226,661
2794012,61327,414
2804042,66328,200
2814052,71329,021
2824062,76429,846
2834092,81630,647
2854122,87131,469
2864142,92832,343
2874162,98633,257
2884203,04734,234
2894263,11035,271
2904353,17436,419
2914453,24037,673
2914553,30739,157
2924683,37540,879
2934853,44442,329
2945043,51243,639
2945163,58245,120
2955183,65146,645
2955303,69648,065

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