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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 UgandaBangladeshLuxembourg
23,408132,907433
24,195135,207438
24,992137,420443
25,846139,573448
26,661141,650454
27,414143,644460
28,200145,546467
29,021147,376474
29,846149,047482
30,647150,562491
31,469152,189500
32,343153,927509
33,257155,634521
34,234157,326533
35,271158,999547
36,419160,650560
37,673162,273571
39,157163,938586
40,879165,655599
42,329167,358610
43,639169,045623
45,120170,709633
46,645172,354643
48,065174,217651

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

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