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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 UgandaSudan
23,40826,168
24,19526,771
24,99227,387
25,84628,017
26,66128,662
27,41429,321
28,20029,996
29,02130,686
29,84631,393
30,64732,137
31,46933,078
32,34333,891
33,25734,568
34,23435,293
35,27136,093
36,41937,058
37,67338,165
39,15739,294
40,87940,512
42,32941,764
43,63942,952
45,12044,121
46,64545,290
48,06546,498

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.