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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 FasoSt. Lucia
23,40811,075152
24,19511,405153
24,99211,828154
25,84612,380155
26,66112,829156
27,41413,178157
28,20013,540157
29,02113,917158
29,84614,309159
30,64714,722160
31,46915,152160
32,34315,600161
33,25716,064162
34,23416,563162
35,27117,072163
36,41917,575163
37,67318,094164
39,15718,621164
40,87919,157165
42,32919,698166
43,63920,242166
45,12020,788167
46,64521,336167
48,06521,889167

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.