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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 FasoCyprus
23,40811,075818
24,19511,405826
24,99211,828835
25,84612,380845
26,66112,829855
27,41413,178867
28,20013,540879
29,02113,917894
29,84614,309913
30,64714,722937
31,46915,152962
32,34315,600988
33,25716,0641,013
34,23416,5631,029
35,27117,0721,026
36,41917,5751,015
37,67318,0941,009
39,15718,6211,014
40,87919,1571,023
42,32919,6981,036
43,63920,2421,050
45,12020,7881,062
46,64521,3361,072
48,06521,8891,087

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