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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 UgandaSt. Lucia
23,408152
24,195153
24,992154
25,846155
26,661156
27,414157
28,200157
29,021158
29,846159
30,647160
31,469160
32,343161
33,257162
34,234162
35,271163
36,419163
37,673164
39,157164
40,879165
42,329166
43,639166
45,120167
46,645167
48,065167

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 St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.