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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 FasoBotswana
23,40811,0751,630
24,19511,4051,665
24,99211,8281,698
25,84612,3801,730
26,66112,8291,761
27,41413,1781,792
28,20013,5401,824
29,02113,9171,857
29,84614,3091,890
30,64714,7221,923
31,46915,1521,956
32,34315,6001,990
33,25716,0642,023
34,23416,5632,057
35,27117,0722,091
36,41917,5752,125
37,67318,0942,159
39,15718,6212,194
40,87919,1572,228
42,32919,6982,262
43,63920,2422,297
45,12020,7882,331
46,64521,3362,365
48,06521,8892,403

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, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.