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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 FasoUzbekistan
23,40811,07524,701
24,19511,40525,042
24,99211,82825,372
25,84612,38025,696
26,66112,82925,992
27,41413,17826,268
28,20013,54026,540
29,02113,91726,812
29,84614,30927,081
30,64714,72227,347
31,46915,15227,609
32,34315,60027,869
33,25716,06428,132
34,23416,56328,398
35,27117,07228,666
36,41917,57528,934
37,67318,09429,205
39,15718,62129,480
40,87919,15729,756
42,32919,69830,031
43,63920,24230,305
45,12020,78830,576
46,64521,33630,843
48,06521,88931,337

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