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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 - KinshasaUgandaSenegal
51,18123,40810,070
52,78224,19510,305
54,45324,99210,576
56,17025,84610,864
57,86026,66111,172
59,59927,41411,498
61,47428,20011,839
63,47929,02112,204
65,59029,84612,584
67,80030,64712,978
70,11431,46913,382
72,55032,34313,794
75,13833,25714,226
77,79234,23414,668
80,53435,27115,121
83,36836,41915,589
86,22937,67316,066
89,19339,15716,549
92,20940,87917,044
95,23242,32917,535
98,32043,63918,021
101,49945,12018,518
104,76746,64519,016
108,17148,06519,512

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