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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 FasoCuba
23,40811,07511,108
24,19511,40511,147
24,99211,82811,179
25,84612,38011,210
26,66112,82911,241
27,41413,17811,260
28,20013,54011,268
29,02113,91711,266
29,84614,30911,261
30,64714,72211,258
31,46915,15211,260
32,34315,60011,262
33,25716,06411,264
34,23416,56311,262
35,27117,07211,250
36,41917,57511,238
37,67318,09411,214
39,15718,62111,180
40,87919,15711,147
42,32919,69811,116
43,63920,24211,105
45,12020,78811,089
46,64521,33611,046
48,06521,88911,003

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.

Cuba

  • 1690–1895: Santamaria Garcia, A. (2005). Las Cuentas nacionales de Cuba, 1960 - 2005', mimeo
  • 1902–1958: Ward, M. and Devereux, J. (2012), “The Road Not Taken: Pre-Revolutionary Cuban Living Standards in Comparative Perspective” Journal of Economic History, 72(1): 104–132

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