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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 - KinshasaUgandaEstonia
51,18123,4081,378
52,78224,1951,400
54,45324,9921,391
56,17025,8461,382
57,86026,6611,374
59,59927,4141,365
61,47428,2001,357
63,47929,0211,349
65,59029,8461,341
67,80030,6471,337
70,11431,4691,334
72,55032,3431,332
75,13833,2571,328
77,79234,2341,324
80,53435,2711,319
83,36836,4191,314
86,22937,6731,312
89,19339,1571,314
92,20940,8791,314
95,23242,3291,318
98,32043,6391,323
101,49945,1201,327
104,76746,6451,329
108,17148,0651,330

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