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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 UgandaBosnia & HerzegovinaLaos
23,4083,8115,286
24,1953,9015,397
24,9923,9195,499
25,8463,9235,578
26,6613,9405,654
27,4143,9755,746
28,2003,9915,836
29,0213,9935,931
29,8463,9906,035
30,6473,9876,145
31,4693,9856,257
32,3433,9836,368
33,2573,9806,477
34,2343,9776,586
35,2713,9736,695
36,4193,9686,804
37,6733,9636,912
39,1573,9577,019
40,8793,9517,127
42,3293,9447,234
43,6393,9377,343
45,1203,9297,452
46,6453,9217,560
48,0653,8767,666

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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