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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 DominicaUgandaBarbados
7023,408273
7124,195274
7124,992275
7225,846276
7226,661278
7227,414279
7228,200280
7229,021281
7229,846282
7330,647283
7331,469285
7332,343286
7333,257287
7334,234288
7335,271289
7336,419290
7437,673291
7439,157291
7440,879292
7442,329293
7543,639294
7545,120294
7646,645295
7648,065295

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, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.