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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 BarbadosUgandaOmanSierra Leone
27323,4082,3483,736
27424,1952,4033,809
27524,9922,4574,043
27625,8462,5104,287
27826,6612,5624,466
27927,4142,6134,602
28028,2002,6634,708
28129,0212,7134,818
28229,8462,7644,918
28330,6472,8165,023
28531,4692,8715,132
28632,3432,9285,246
28733,2572,9865,364
28834,2343,0475,486
28935,2713,1105,613
29036,4193,1745,744
29137,6733,2405,879
29139,1573,3076,019
29240,8793,3756,163
29342,3293,4446,312
29443,6393,5126,461
29445,1203,5826,611
29546,6453,6516,761
29548,0653,6966,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.