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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Uganda	Nepal
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	23,408	23,087
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	24,195	23,487
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	24,992	23,887
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	25,846	24,273
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	26,661	24,645
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	27,414	24,989
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	28,200	25,255
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	29,021	25,484
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	29,846	25,732
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	30,647	25,998
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	31,469	26,298
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	32,343	26,664
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	33,257	27,081
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	34,234	27,505
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	35,271	27,917
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	36,419	28,311
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	37,673	28,678
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,157	29,034
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,879	29,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	42,329	29,718
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	43,639	30,057
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	45,120	30,595
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	46,645	31,311
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	48,065	31,845

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