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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 BarbadosUgandaOmanQatar
27323,4082,348627
27424,1952,403659
27524,9922,457691
27625,8462,510724
27826,6612,562757
27927,4142,613850
28028,2002,6631,001
28129,0212,7131,153
28229,8462,7641,306
28330,6472,8161,460
28531,4692,8711,615
28632,3432,9281,770
28733,2572,9861,904
28834,2343,0472,010
28935,2713,1102,103
29036,4193,1742,187
29137,6733,2402,261
29139,1573,3072,326
29240,8793,3752,384
29342,3293,4442,435
29443,6393,5122,480
29445,1203,5822,519
29546,6453,6512,553
29548,0653,6962,559

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