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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 FasoBolivia
23,40811,0758,007
24,19511,4058,177
24,99211,8288,351
25,84612,3808,529
26,66112,8298,711
27,41413,1788,895
28,20013,5409,081
29,02113,9179,268
29,84614,3099,457
30,64714,7229,647
31,46915,1529,836
32,34315,60010,024
33,25716,06410,211
34,23416,56310,397
35,27117,07210,581
36,41917,57510,763
37,67318,09410,942
39,15718,62111,118
40,87919,15711,289
42,32919,69811,456
43,63920,24211,621
45,12020,78811,775
46,64521,33611,917
48,06521,88912,060

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.

Bolivia

  • 1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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