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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 - KinshasaParaguayUganda
51,1815,36623,408
52,7825,47324,195
54,4535,57924,992
56,1705,68325,846
57,8605,78626,661
59,5995,88627,414
61,4745,98428,200
63,4796,08029,021
65,5906,17329,846
67,8006,26430,647
70,1146,35231,469
72,5506,43832,343
75,1386,52233,257
77,7926,60534,234
80,5346,68835,271
83,3686,76936,419
86,2296,85037,673
89,1936,93039,157
92,2097,01240,879
95,2327,09542,329
98,3207,17943,639
101,4997,26345,120
104,7677,34846,645
108,1717,43248,065

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