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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 UgandaAlbaniaLuxembourg
23,4083,085433
24,1953,065438
24,9923,047443
25,8463,038448
26,6613,026454
27,4143,014460
28,2002,998467
29,0212,979474
29,8462,957482
30,6472,934491
31,4692,915500
32,3432,900509
33,2572,892521
34,2342,888533
35,2712,882547
36,4192,876560
37,6732,868571
39,1572,863586
40,8792,861599
42,3292,854610
43,6392,842623
45,1202,825633
46,6452,799643
48,0652,787651

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