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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 UgandaAustriaQatar
23,4088,039627
24,1958,059659
24,9928,090691
25,8468,130724
26,6618,166757
27,4148,217850
28,2008,2741,001
29,0218,3171,153
29,8468,3441,306
30,6478,3701,460
31,4698,3901,615
32,3438,4101,770
33,2578,4381,904
34,2348,4762,010
35,2718,5272,103
36,4198,5942,187
37,6738,6802,261
39,1578,7912,326
40,8798,8472,384
42,3298,8902,435
43,6398,9302,480
45,1208,9692,519
46,6459,0042,553
48,0659,1072,559

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.

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.