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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 UgandaOmanJordan
23,4082,3484,591
24,1952,4034,700
24,9922,4574,811
25,8462,5104,923
26,6612,5625,037
27,4142,6135,161
28,2002,6635,295
29,0212,7135,765
29,8462,7646,243
30,6472,8166,397
31,4692,8716,538
32,3432,9286,680
33,2572,9866,840
34,2343,0476,952
35,2713,1107,706
36,4193,1748,839
37,6733,2409,506
39,1573,3079,863
40,8793,37510,066
42,3293,44410,273
43,6393,51210,480
45,1203,58210,628
46,6453,65110,716
48,0653,69610,849

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.

Jordan

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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