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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Portugal	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	10,144	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	10,215	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	10,288	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	10,344	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	10,383	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	10,408	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	10,427	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	10,446	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	10,467	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	10,482	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	10,492	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	10,497	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	10,481	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	10,439	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	10,382	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	10,326	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	10,283	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	10,251	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	10,226	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	10,209	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	10,212	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	10,223	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	10,214	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	10,200	21,889

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.

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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