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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 UgandaBarbadosSeychelles
23,40827378
24,19527479
24,99227580
25,84627681
26,66127882
27,41427983
28,20028084
29,02128185
29,84628286
30,64728387
31,46928587
32,34328688
33,25728789
34,23428890
35,27128991
36,41929092
37,67329192
39,15729193
40,87929294
42,32929395
43,63929496
45,12029497
46,64529598
48,06529598

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 Barbados, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.