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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 FasoBosnia & Herzegovina
23,40811,0753,811
24,19511,4053,901
24,99211,8283,919
25,84612,3803,923
26,66112,8293,940
27,41413,1783,975
28,20013,5403,991
29,02113,9173,993
29,84614,3093,990
30,64714,7223,987
31,46915,1523,985
32,34315,6003,983
33,25716,0643,980
34,23416,5633,977
35,27117,0723,973
36,41917,5753,968
37,67318,0943,963
39,15718,6213,957
40,87919,1573,951
42,32919,6983,944
43,63920,2423,937
45,12020,7883,929
46,64521,3363,921
48,06521,8893,876

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