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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 UgandaBurkina FasoAfghanistan
23,40811,07522,206
24,19511,40522,461
24,99211,82822,507
25,84612,38023,600
26,66112,82925,005
27,41413,17825,698
28,20013,54026,335
29,02113,91727,154
29,84614,30927,387
30,64714,72227,706
31,46915,15228,484
32,34315,60029,121
33,25716,06429,758
34,23416,56330,420
35,27117,07231,108
36,41917,57531,823
37,67318,09432,564
39,15718,62133,332
40,87919,15734,125
42,32919,69834,941
43,63920,24235,972
45,12020,78837,034
46,64521,33638,127
48,06521,88939,252

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 Burkina Faso, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.