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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date UgandaOmanRomaniaQatar
23,4082,34822,414627
24,1952,40322,262659
24,9922,45722,106691
25,8462,51021,931724
26,6612,56221,828757
27,4142,61321,704850
28,2002,66321,5711,001
29,0212,71321,4431,153
29,8462,76421,1291,306
30,6472,81620,7791,460
31,4692,87120,6071,615
32,3432,92820,4851,770
33,2572,98620,3851,904
34,2343,04720,2962,010
35,2713,11020,2242,103
36,4193,17420,1512,187
37,6733,24020,0552,261
39,1573,30719,9382,326
40,8793,37519,8232,384
42,3293,44419,7132,435
43,6393,51219,6222,480
45,1203,58219,4962,519
46,6453,65119,3512,553
48,0653,69619,2662,559

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.

All data sources

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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