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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 YemenUganda
16,72823,408
17,23624,195
17,76224,992
18,31025,846
18,85526,661
19,41027,414
20,00028,200
20,61129,021
21,23629,846
21,87830,647
22,53331,469
23,19532,343
23,88033,257
24,59434,234
25,31135,271
26,02036,419
26,69837,673
27,34739,157
27,98540,879
28,60842,329
29,21643,639
29,81145,120
30,39946,645
31,05848,065

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.