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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 UgandaCentral African RepublicLuxembourg
23,4083,889433
24,1953,980438
24,9924,054443
25,8464,128448
26,6614,215454
27,4144,289460
28,2004,363467
29,0214,449474
29,8464,544482
30,6474,641491
31,4694,742500
32,3434,845509
33,2574,950521
34,2345,057533
35,2715,167547
36,4195,278560
37,6735,392571
39,1575,507586
40,8795,625599
42,3295,745610
43,6395,874623
45,1206,025633
46,6456,154643
48,0656,291651

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