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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	16,728	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	17,236	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	17,762	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	18,310	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	18,855	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	19,410	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	20,000	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	20,611	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,236	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	21,878	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	22,533	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	23,195	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	23,880	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	24,594	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	25,311	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	26,020	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	26,698	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	27,347	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	27,985	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	28,608	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	29,216	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	29,811	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	30,399	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	31,058	48,065

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