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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Romania	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	22,414	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	22,262	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	22,106	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	21,931	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	21,828	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	21,704	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	21,571	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	21,443	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	21,129	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	20,779	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	20,607	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	20,485	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	20,385	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	20,296	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	20,224	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	20,151	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	20,055	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	19,938	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	19,823	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	19,713	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	19,622	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	19,496	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	19,351	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	19,266	34,280

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.

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.

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.