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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 - KinshasaUgandaFinland
51,18123,4085,166
52,78224,1955,176
54,45324,9925,188
56,17025,8465,201
57,86026,6615,213
59,59927,4145,228
61,47428,2005,246
63,47929,0215,266
65,59029,8465,289
67,80030,6475,313
70,11431,4695,339
72,55032,3435,363
75,13833,2575,388
77,79234,2345,414
80,53435,2715,439
83,36836,4195,463
86,22937,6735,481
89,19339,1575,495
92,20940,8795,508
95,23242,3295,516
98,32043,6395,522
101,49945,1205,531
104,76746,6455,542
108,17148,0655,556

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.

Finland

  • 1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
  • 1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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