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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 - KinshasaUgandaGuinea
51,18123,4087,610
52,78224,1957,780
54,45324,9927,821
56,17025,8467,906
57,86026,6618,121
59,59927,4148,317
61,47428,2008,478
63,47929,0218,650
65,59029,8468,860
67,80030,6479,091
70,11431,4699,327
72,55032,3439,571
75,13833,2579,825
77,79234,23410,084
80,53435,27110,351
83,36836,41910,632
86,22937,67310,924
89,19339,15711,225
92,20940,87911,534
95,23242,32911,855
98,32043,63912,160
101,49945,12012,469
104,76746,64512,778
108,17148,06513,087

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