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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	174,217

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995