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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 - KinshasaCambodiaUganda
51,18112,12223,408
52,78212,31724,195
54,45312,50424,992
56,17012,69125,846
57,86012,88126,661
59,59913,07627,414
61,47413,27628,200
63,47913,46129,021
65,59013,63029,846
67,80013,80830,647
70,11413,99031,469
72,55014,16232,343
75,13814,32233,257
77,79214,48034,234
80,53414,63735,271
83,36814,79336,419
86,22914,99437,673
89,19315,23839,157
92,20915,48040,879
95,23215,71742,329
98,32015,94443,639
101,49916,14945,120
104,76716,33846,645
108,17116,51448,065

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