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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 ChadUganda
7,55923,408
7,82124,195
8,09224,992
8,39525,846
8,76326,661
9,19127,414
9,59428,200
9,96729,021
10,33829,846
10,72830,647
11,13931,469
11,55032,343
11,98333,257
12,42734,234
12,89535,271
13,37936,419
13,82337,673
14,27739,157
14,76540,879
15,25242,329
15,75043,639
16,25745,120
16,77646,645
17,30748,065

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 Chad; the database as a whole is cited above.