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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 UgandaSenegal
23,40810,070
24,19510,305
24,99210,576
25,84610,864
26,66111,172
27,41411,498
28,20011,839
29,02112,204
29,84612,584
30,64712,978
31,46913,382
32,34313,794
33,25714,226
34,23414,668
35,27115,121
36,41915,589
37,67316,066
39,15716,549
40,87917,044
42,32917,535
43,63918,021
45,12018,518
46,64519,016
48,06519,512

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 Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.