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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 BarbadosUgandaRomaniaLuxembourg
27323,40822,414433
27424,19522,262438
27524,99222,106443
27625,84621,931448
27826,66121,828454
27927,41421,704460
28028,20021,571467
28129,02121,443474
28229,84621,129482
28330,64720,779491
28531,46920,607500
28632,34320,485509
28733,25720,385521
28834,23420,296533
28935,27120,224547
29036,41920,151560
29137,67320,055571
29139,15719,938586
29240,87919,823599
29342,32919,713610
29443,63919,622623
29445,12019,496633
29546,64519,351643
29548,06519,266651

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.