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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 - KinshasaNamibiaUganda
51,1811,84123,408
52,7821,89324,195
54,4531,94524,992
56,1701,98125,846
57,8602,00826,661
59,5992,03427,414
61,4742,06028,200
63,4792,08629,021
65,5902,11329,846
67,8002,14130,647
70,1142,17031,469
72,5502,20132,343
75,1382,23233,257
77,7922,26834,234
80,5342,31235,271
83,3682,36036,419
86,2292,40837,673
89,1932,45639,157
92,2092,50540,879
95,2322,55442,329
98,3202,60243,639
101,4992,65145,120
104,7672,70046,645
108,1712,73948,065

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