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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 UgandaTrinidad & TobagoBurkina Faso
23,4081,30111,075
24,1951,30311,405
24,9921,30811,828
25,8461,31412,380
26,6611,32012,829
27,4141,32613,178
28,2001,33213,540
29,0211,33813,917
29,8461,34414,309
30,6471,35214,722
31,4691,35915,152
32,3431,36515,600
33,2571,37216,064
34,2341,37916,563
35,2711,38617,072
36,4191,39217,575
37,6731,39918,094
39,1571,40518,621
40,8791,41119,157
42,3291,43619,698
43,6391,45220,242
45,1201,44820,788
46,6451,45021,336
48,0651,45621,889

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.

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