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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Cameroon	Albania	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	3,085	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	3,065	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	3,047	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	3,038	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	3,026	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	3,014	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,998	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,979	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,957	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,934	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,915	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,900	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,892	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	2,888	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	2,882	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	2,876	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	2,868	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	2,863	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	2,861	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	2,854	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	2,842	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	2,825	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	2,799	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	2,787	48,065

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.

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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 Cameroon, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.