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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 EthiopiaOmanUganda
63,5752,34823,408
65,2132,40324,195
66,8892,45724,992
68,6492,51025,846
70,4912,56226,661
72,3892,61327,414
74,3272,66328,200
76,3262,71329,021
78,4112,76429,846
80,5642,81630,647
82,7872,87131,469
85,0962,92832,343
87,5302,98633,257
90,0663,04734,234
92,6323,11035,271
95,3373,17436,419
98,1143,24037,673
100,8583,30739,157
103,6543,37540,879
106,4663,44442,329
109,2673,51243,639
112,1003,58245,120
114,9643,65146,645
117,9243,69648,065

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 Ethiopia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.