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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 UgandaMoldovaCambodia
23,4084,24412,122
24,1954,19912,317
24,9924,15412,504
25,8464,10812,691
26,6614,05912,881
27,4144,01313,076
28,2003,96613,276
29,0213,91913,461
29,8463,87313,630
30,6473,82913,808
31,4693,78813,990
32,3433,74814,162
33,2573,70914,322
34,2343,67114,480
35,2713,63314,637
36,4193,59514,793
37,6733,55814,994
39,1573,52215,238
40,8793,48515,480
42,3293,44815,717
43,6393,41215,944
45,1203,37616,149
46,6453,33916,338
48,0653,57016,514

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 Moldova, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.