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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 - KinshasaUgandaLebanon
51,18123,4083,460
52,78224,1953,499
54,45324,9923,554
56,17025,8463,610
57,86026,6613,665
59,59927,4143,721
61,47428,2003,777
63,47929,0213,853
65,59029,8463,954
67,80030,6474,036
70,11431,4694,082
72,55032,3434,097
75,13833,2574,115
77,79234,2344,206
80,53435,2714,696
83,36836,4195,365
86,22937,6735,640
89,19339,1575,688
92,20940,8795,680
95,23242,3295,562
98,32043,6395,331
101,49945,1204,986
104,76746,6454,802
108,17148,0654,713

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.

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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