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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 BarbadosUgandaBurkina FasoCambodia
27323,40811,07512,122
27424,19511,40512,317
27524,99211,82812,504
27625,84612,38012,691
27826,66112,82912,881
27927,41413,17813,076
28028,20013,54013,276
28129,02113,91713,461
28229,84614,30913,630
28330,64714,72213,808
28531,46915,15213,990
28632,34315,60014,162
28733,25716,06414,322
28834,23416,56314,480
28935,27117,07214,637
29036,41917,57514,793
29137,67318,09414,994
29139,15718,62115,238
29240,87919,15715,480
29342,32919,69815,717
29443,63920,24215,944
29445,12020,78816,149
29546,64521,33616,338
29548,06521,88916,514

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