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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 - KinshasaDominicaUganda
51,1817023,408
52,7827124,195
54,4537124,992
56,1707225,846
57,8607226,661
59,5997227,414
61,4747228,200
63,4797229,021
65,5907229,846
67,8007330,647
70,1147331,469
72,5507332,343
75,1387333,257
77,7927334,234
80,5347335,271
83,3687336,419
86,2297437,673
89,1937439,157
92,2097440,879
95,2327442,329
98,3207543,639
101,4997545,120
104,7677646,645
108,1717648,065

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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.