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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 UgandaGermanyMalta
23,40881,439387
24,19581,474390
24,99281,534393
25,84681,595396
26,66181,566398
27,41481,473401
28,20081,354404
29,02181,190405
29,84681,009406
30,64780,781409
31,46980,500412
32,34380,301414
33,25780,292416
34,23480,443420
35,27180,663426
36,41981,000435
37,67381,704445
39,15782,366455
40,87982,674468
42,32982,923485
43,63983,110504
45,12083,178516
46,64583,213518
48,06583,811530

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.

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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