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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date UgandaBurkina FasoOmanBosnia & Herzegovina
23,40811,0752,3483,811
24,19511,4052,4033,901
24,99211,8282,4573,919
25,84612,3802,5103,923
26,66112,8292,5623,940
27,41413,1782,6133,975
28,20013,5402,6633,991
29,02113,9172,7133,993
29,84614,3092,7643,990
30,64714,7222,8163,987
31,46915,1522,8713,985
32,34315,6002,9283,983
33,25716,0642,9863,980
34,23416,5633,0473,977
35,27117,0723,1103,973
36,41917,5753,1743,968
37,67318,0943,2403,963
39,15718,6213,3073,957
40,87919,1573,3753,951
42,32919,6983,4443,944
43,63920,2423,5123,937
45,12020,7883,5823,929
46,64521,3363,6513,921
48,06521,8893,6963,876

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.

All data sources

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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