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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 FasoLuxembourg
23,40811,075433
24,19511,405438
24,99211,828443
25,84612,380448
26,66112,829454
27,41413,178460
28,20013,540467
29,02113,917474
29,84614,309482
30,64714,722491
31,46915,152500
32,34315,600509
33,25716,064521
34,23416,563533
35,27117,072547
36,41917,575560
37,67318,094571
39,15718,621586
40,87919,157599
42,32919,698610
43,63920,242623
45,12020,788633
46,64521,336643
48,06521,889651

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