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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 ChileCongo - KinshasaUganda
15,14051,18123,408
15,34052,78224,195
15,51354,45324,992
15,68656,17025,846
15,85957,86026,661
16,02959,59927,414
16,22261,47428,200
16,36463,47929,021
16,53665,59029,846
16,70067,80030,647
16,86470,11431,469
16,99972,55032,343
17,18975,13833,257
17,37877,79234,234
17,54580,53435,271
17,72083,36836,419
17,90486,22937,673
18,09989,19339,157
18,35092,20940,879
18,68195,23242,329
19,03598,32043,639
19,385101,49945,120
19,604104,76746,645
19,715108,17148,065

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

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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; the database as a whole is cited above.