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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 UgandaBrazilDenmark
23,408174,3205,322
24,195176,9025,339
24,992179,3895,358
25,846181,7215,377
26,661183,9705,391
27,414186,1655,404
28,200188,3305,420
29,021190,4385,438
29,846192,4505,461
30,647194,4585,494
31,469196,4645,524
32,343198,4085,548
33,257200,1525,571
34,234201,8945,592
35,271203,6145,614
36,419205,3585,644
37,673207,1485,683
39,157208,8595,730
40,879210,5375,766
42,329212,2585,795
43,639213,9405,818
45,120215,5775,831
46,645216,7205,855
48,065217,7185,907

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.

Brazil

  • 1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
  • 1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
  • 1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

No separate list is published for Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.