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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Burkina Faso	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	11,075	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	11,405	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	11,828	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	12,380	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	12,829	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	13,178	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	13,540	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	13,917	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	14,309	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	14,722	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	15,152	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	15,600	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	16,064	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	16,563	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	17,072	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	17,575	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	18,094	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	18,621	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	19,157	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	19,698	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	20,242	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	20,788	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	21,336	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	21,889	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.