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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Uganda	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	23,408	627
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	24,195	659
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	24,992	691
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	25,846	724
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	26,661	757
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	27,414	850
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	28,200	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	29,021	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	29,846	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	30,647	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	31,469	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	32,343	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	33,257	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	34,234	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	35,271	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	36,419	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	37,673	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,157	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,879	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	42,329	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	43,639	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	45,120	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	46,645	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	48,065	2,559

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