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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 São Tomé & PríncipeBurkina FasoUganda
13811,07523,408
14111,40524,195
14411,82824,992
14712,38025,846
15112,82926,661
15413,17827,414
15813,54028,200
16113,91729,021
16514,30929,846
16814,72230,647
17215,15231,469
17615,60032,343
18016,06433,257
18316,56334,234
18717,07235,271
19017,57536,419
19418,09437,673
19818,62139,157
20119,15740,879
20419,69842,329
20820,24243,639
21220,78845,120
21621,33646,645
22021,88948,065

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.