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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 - KinshasaMoroccoUganda
51,18128,40023,408
52,78228,74424,195
54,45329,09424,992
56,17029,44725,846
57,86029,80626,661
59,59930,16927,414
61,47430,55228,200
63,47930,95329,021
65,59031,35429,846
67,80031,75430,647
70,11432,15431,469
72,55032,55332,343
75,13832,95133,257
77,79233,34634,234
80,53433,73735,271
83,36834,12436,419
86,22934,51137,673
89,19334,89839,157
92,20935,27940,879
95,23235,65342,329
98,32036,01843,639
101,49936,37545,120
104,76736,72346,645
108,17137,10148,065

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