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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 - KinshasaRomaniaUganda
51,18122,41423,408
52,78222,26224,195
54,45322,10624,992
56,17021,93125,846
57,86021,82826,661
59,59921,70427,414
61,47421,57128,200
63,47921,44329,021
65,59021,12929,846
67,80020,77930,647
70,11420,60731,469
72,55020,48532,343
75,13820,38533,257
77,79220,29634,234
80,53420,22435,271
83,36820,15136,419
86,22920,05537,673
89,19319,93839,157
92,20919,82340,879
95,23219,71342,329
98,32019,62243,639
101,49919,49645,120
104,76719,35146,645
108,17119,26648,065

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

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.