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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 - KinshasaUganda
51,18123,408
52,78224,195
54,45324,992
56,17025,846
57,86026,661
59,59927,414
61,47428,200
63,47929,021
65,59029,846
67,80030,647
70,11431,469
72,55032,343
75,13833,257
77,79234,234
80,53435,271
83,36836,419
86,22937,673
89,19339,157
92,20940,879
95,23242,329
98,32043,639
101,49945,120
104,76746,645
108,17148,065

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; the database as a whole is cited above.