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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 UgandaHondurasBarbados
23,4086,198273
24,1956,367274
24,9926,535275
25,8466,698276
26,6616,863278
27,4147,028279
28,2007,194280
29,0217,359281
29,8467,522282
30,6477,682283
31,4697,839285
32,3437,991286
33,2578,141287
34,2348,288288
35,2718,429289
36,4198,546290
37,6738,661291
39,1578,770291
40,8798,878292
42,3299,002293
43,6399,154294
45,1209,304294
46,6459,448295
48,0659,590295

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 Honduras, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.