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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 UgandaYemen
23,40816,728
24,19517,236
24,99217,762
25,84618,310
26,66118,855
27,41419,410
28,20020,000
29,02120,611
29,84621,236
30,64721,878
31,46922,533
32,34323,195
33,25723,880
34,23424,594
35,27125,311
36,41926,020
37,67326,698
39,15727,347
40,87927,985
42,32928,608
43,63929,216
45,12029,811
46,64530,399
48,06531,058

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 Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.