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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Uganda	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	23,408	78
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	24,195	79
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	24,992	80
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	25,846	81
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	26,661	82
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	27,414	83
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	28,200	84
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	29,021	85
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	29,846	86
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	30,647	87
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	31,469	87
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	32,343	88
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	33,257	89
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	34,234	90
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	35,271	91
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	36,419	92
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	37,673	92
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,157	93
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,879	94
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	42,329	95
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	43,639	96
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	45,120	97
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	46,645	98
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	48,065	98

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