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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 - KinshasaUgandaBosnia & Herzegovina
51,18123,4083,811
52,78224,1953,901
54,45324,9923,919
56,17025,8463,923
57,86026,6613,940
59,59927,4143,975
61,47428,2003,991
63,47929,0213,993
65,59029,8463,990
67,80030,6473,987
70,11431,4693,985
72,55032,3433,983
75,13833,2573,980
77,79234,2343,977
80,53435,2713,973
83,36836,4193,968
86,22937,6733,963
89,19339,1573,957
92,20940,8793,951
95,23242,3293,944
98,32043,6393,937
101,49945,1203,929
104,76746,6453,921
108,17148,0653,876

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.