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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 SeychellesBarbadosUganda
7827323,408
7927424,195
8027524,992
8127625,846
8227826,661
8327927,414
8428028,200
8528129,021
8628229,846
8728330,647
8728531,469
8828632,343
8928733,257
9028834,234
9128935,271
9229036,419
9229137,673
9329139,157
9429240,879
9529342,329
9629443,639
9729445,120
9829546,645
9829548,065

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