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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Central African Republic	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	3,889	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	3,980	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	4,054	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	4,128	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	4,215	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	4,289	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	4,363	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	4,449	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	4,544	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	4,641	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	4,742	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	4,845	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	4,950	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	5,057	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	5,167	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	5,278	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	5,392	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	5,507	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	5,625	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	5,745	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	5,874	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	6,025	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	6,154	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	6,291	48,065

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.