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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GermanyUgandaKenya
81,43923,40830,192
81,47424,19531,025
81,53424,99231,919
81,59525,84632,865
81,56626,66133,846
81,47327,41434,880
81,35428,20035,961
81,19029,02137,093
81,00929,84638,248
80,78130,64739,441
80,50031,46940,668
80,30132,34341,900
80,29233,25743,198
80,44334,23444,470
80,66335,27145,639
81,00036,41946,808
81,70437,67347,983
82,36639,15749,095
82,67440,87950,201
82,92342,32951,357
83,11043,63952,522
83,17845,12053,691
83,21346,64554,867
83,81148,06555,924

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

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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.

Kenya

  • 1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.