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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 FasoGeorgia
23,40811,0754,848
24,19511,4054,814
24,99211,8284,789
25,84612,3804,771
26,66112,8294,746
27,41413,1784,739
28,20013,5404,786
29,02113,9174,826
29,84614,3094,820
30,64714,7224,819
31,46915,1524,851
32,34315,6004,898
33,25716,0644,934
34,23416,5634,946
35,27117,0724,938
36,41917,5754,931
37,67318,0944,927
39,15718,6214,924
40,87919,1574,922
42,32919,6984,922
43,63920,2424,923
45,12020,7884,926
46,64521,3364,929
48,06521,8894,911

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