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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 DominicaParaguayUganda
705,36623,408
715,47324,195
715,57924,992
725,68325,846
725,78626,661
725,88627,414
725,98428,200
726,08029,021
726,17329,846
736,26430,647
736,35231,469
736,43832,343
736,52233,257
736,60534,234
736,68835,271
736,76936,419
746,85037,673
746,93039,157
747,01240,879
747,09542,329
757,17943,639
757,26345,120
767,34846,645
767,43248,065

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 Dominica, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.