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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 - KinshasaUgandaAfghanistan
51,18123,40822,206
52,78224,19522,461
54,45324,99222,507
56,17025,84623,600
57,86026,66125,005
59,59927,41425,698
61,47428,20026,335
63,47929,02127,154
65,59029,84627,387
67,80030,64727,706
70,11431,46928,484
72,55032,34329,121
75,13833,25729,758
77,79234,23430,420
80,53435,27131,108
83,36836,41931,823
86,22937,67332,564
89,19339,15733,332
92,20940,87934,125
95,23242,32934,941
98,32043,63935,972
101,49945,12037,034
104,76746,64538,127
108,17148,06539,252

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