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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 - KinshasaJordanUganda
51,1814,59123,408
52,7824,70024,195
54,4534,81124,992
56,1704,92325,846
57,8605,03726,661
59,5995,16127,414
61,4745,29528,200
63,4795,76529,021
65,5906,24329,846
67,8006,39730,647
70,1146,53831,469
72,5506,68032,343
75,1386,84033,257
77,7926,95234,234
80,5347,70635,271
83,3688,83936,419
86,2299,50637,673
89,1939,86339,157
92,20910,06640,879
95,23210,27342,329
98,32010,48043,639
101,49910,62845,120
104,76710,71646,645
108,17110,84948,065

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

Jordan

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.