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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 - KinshasaLuxembourgUganda
51,18143323,408
52,78243824,195
54,45344324,992
56,17044825,846
57,86045426,661
59,59946027,414
61,47446728,200
63,47947429,021
65,59048229,846
67,80049130,647
70,11450031,469
72,55050932,343
75,13852133,257
77,79253334,234
80,53454735,271
83,36856036,419
86,22957137,673
89,19358639,157
92,20959940,879
95,23261042,329
98,32062343,639
101,49963345,120
104,76764346,645
108,17165148,065

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