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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	Dominica	Uganda	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	70	23,408	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	71	24,195	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	71	24,992	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	72	25,846	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	72	26,661	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	72	27,414	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	72	28,200	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	72	29,021	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	72	29,846	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	73	30,647	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	73	31,469	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	73	32,343	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	73	33,257	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	73	34,234	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	73	35,271	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	73	36,419	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	74	37,673	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	74	39,157	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	74	40,879	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	74	42,329	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	75	43,639	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	75	45,120	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	76	46,645	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	76	48,065	21,889

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.