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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 UgandaParaguayBarbados
23,4085,366273
24,1955,473274
24,9925,579275
25,8465,683276
26,6615,786278
27,4145,886279
28,2005,984280
29,0216,080281
29,8466,173282
30,6476,264283
31,4696,352285
32,3436,438286
33,2576,522287
34,2346,605288
35,2716,688289
36,4196,769290
37,6736,850291
39,1576,930291
40,8797,012292
42,3297,095293
43,6397,179294
45,1207,263294
46,6457,348295
48,0657,432295

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 Paraguay, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.