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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 FasoDjibouti
23,40811,075646
24,19511,405669
24,99211,828693
25,84612,380716
26,66112,829691
27,41413,178657
28,20013,540666
29,02113,917679
29,84614,309694
30,64714,722709
31,46915,152725
32,34315,600741
33,25716,064757
34,23416,563774
35,27117,072792
36,41917,575810
37,67318,094828
39,15718,621847
40,87919,157865
42,32919,698884
43,63920,242898
45,12020,788912
46,64521,336924
48,06521,889937

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