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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 - KinshasaMaliUganda
51,18110,59623,408
52,78210,83324,195
54,45310,89024,992
56,17011,00725,846
57,86011,30726,661
59,59911,57927,414
61,47411,80428,200
63,47912,04329,021
65,59012,33729,846
67,80012,65730,647
70,11412,98631,469
72,55013,32532,343
75,13813,67933,257
77,79214,04034,234
80,53414,41235,271
83,36814,80336,419
86,22915,21037,673
89,19315,62939,157
92,20916,06040,879
95,23216,50742,329
98,32016,96743,639
101,49917,44245,120
104,76717,93046,645
108,17118,49448,065

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