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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 Congo - KinshasaUnited Arab EmiratesUganda
51,1813,10123,408
52,7823,28424,195
54,4533,45824,992
56,1703,61325,846
57,8603,75426,661
59,5993,88227,414
61,4744,00028,200
63,4794,53229,021
65,5905,62329,846
67,8007,27730,647
70,1148,16431,469
72,5508,15232,343
75,1388,43833,257
77,7928,74734,234
80,5349,07735,271
83,3689,32136,419
86,2299,46137,673
89,1939,58739,157
92,2099,69940,879
95,2329,79642,329
98,3209,87943,639
101,4999,95345,120
104,76710,01846,645
108,17110,09948,065

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 Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.