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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Burkina Faso	Croatia
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	11,075	4,377
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	11,405	4,334
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	11,828	4,171
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	12,380	4,176
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	12,829	4,176
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	13,178	4,179
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	13,540	4,182
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	13,917	4,183
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	14,309	4,183
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	14,722	4,181
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	15,152	4,177
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	15,600	4,167
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	16,064	4,154
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	17,072	4,126
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	17,575	4,109
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	18,094	4,081
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	18,621	4,047
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	19,157	4,006
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	19,698	3,968
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	20,242	3,945
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	20,788	3,925
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	21,336	3,839
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	21,889	3,790

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.

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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