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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 - KinshasaOmanUganda
51,1812,34823,408
52,7822,40324,195
54,4532,45724,992
56,1702,51025,846
57,8602,56226,661
59,5992,61327,414
61,4742,66328,200
63,4792,71329,021
65,5902,76429,846
67,8002,81630,647
70,1142,87131,469
72,5502,92832,343
75,1382,98633,257
77,7923,04734,234
80,5343,11035,271
83,3683,17436,419
86,2293,24037,673
89,1933,30739,157
92,2093,37540,879
95,2323,44442,329
98,3203,51243,639
101,4993,58245,120
104,7673,65146,645
108,1713,69648,065

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