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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 TunisiaMoldovaUganda
9,4174,24423,408
9,5144,19924,195
9,6134,15424,992
9,7114,10825,846
9,8104,05926,661
9,9064,01327,414
9,9973,96628,200
10,0873,91929,021
10,1783,87329,846
10,2743,82930,647
10,3773,78831,469
10,4913,74832,343
10,6123,70933,257
10,7373,67134,234
10,8663,63335,271
10,9963,59536,419
11,1243,55837,673
11,2483,52239,157
11,3653,48540,879
11,4773,44842,329
11,5833,41243,639
11,6813,37645,120
11,7723,33946,645
11,8623,57048,065

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 Tunisia, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.