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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 - KinshasaUgandaAlbania
51,18123,4083,085
52,78224,1953,065
54,45324,9923,047
56,17025,8463,038
57,86026,6613,026
59,59927,4143,014
61,47428,2002,998
63,47929,0212,979
65,59029,8462,957
67,80030,6472,934
70,11431,4692,915
72,55032,3432,900
75,13833,2572,892
77,79234,2342,888
80,53435,2712,882
83,36836,4192,876
86,22937,6732,868
89,19339,1572,863
92,20940,8792,861
95,23242,3292,854
98,32043,6392,842
101,49945,1202,825
104,76746,6452,799
108,17148,0652,787

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