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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 St. LuciaAlbaniaUganda
1523,08523,408
1533,06524,195
1543,04724,992
1553,03825,846
1563,02626,661
1573,01427,414
1572,99828,200
1582,97929,021
1592,95729,846
1602,93430,647
1602,91531,469
1612,90032,343
1622,89233,257
1622,88834,234
1632,88235,271
1632,87636,419
1642,86837,673
1642,86339,157
1652,86140,879
1662,85442,329
1662,84243,639
1672,82545,120
1672,79946,645
1672,78748,065

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 St. Lucia, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.