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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 SeychellesAlbaniaUganda
783,08523,408
793,06524,195
803,04724,992
813,03825,846
823,02626,661
833,01427,414
842,99828,200
852,97929,021
862,95729,846
872,93430,647
872,91531,469
882,90032,343
892,89233,257
902,88834,234
912,88235,271
922,87636,419
922,86837,673
932,86339,157
942,86140,879
952,85442,329
962,84243,639
972,82545,120
982,79946,645
982,78748,065

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