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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 - KinshasaUgandaSpain
51,18123,40840,378
52,78224,19540,563
54,45324,99240,775
56,17025,84641,433
57,86026,66142,205
59,59927,41442,869
61,47428,20043,672
63,47929,02144,370
65,59029,84645,246
67,80030,64745,993
70,11431,46946,378
72,55032,34346,573
75,13833,25746,746
77,79234,23446,777
80,53435,27146,603
83,36836,41946,465
86,22937,67346,420
89,19339,15746,460
92,20940,87946,543
95,23242,32946,739
98,32043,63947,116
101,49945,12047,366
104,76746,64547,342
108,17148,06547,625

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.

Spain

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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