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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 FasoEthiopia
23,40811,07563,575
24,19511,40565,213
24,99211,82866,889
25,84612,38068,649
26,66112,82970,491
27,41413,17872,389
28,20013,54074,327
29,02113,91776,326
29,84614,30978,411
30,64714,72280,564
31,46915,15282,787
32,34315,60085,096
33,25716,06487,530
34,23416,56390,066
35,27117,07292,632
36,41917,57595,337
37,67318,09498,114
39,15718,621100,858
40,87919,157103,654
42,32919,698106,466
43,63920,242109,267
45,12020,788112,100
46,64521,336114,964
48,06521,889117,924

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