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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 CameroonCongo - KinshasaUganda
15,48351,18123,408
15,91352,78224,195
16,35454,45324,992
16,81556,17025,846
17,28957,86026,661
17,76459,59927,414
18,24961,47428,200
18,74663,47929,021
19,27865,59029,846
19,84367,80030,647
20,41970,11431,469
21,00272,55032,343
21,58675,13833,257
22,18177,79234,234
22,80080,53435,271
23,51383,36836,419
24,27386,22937,673
24,99589,19339,157
25,68092,20940,879
26,37395,23242,329
27,11498,32043,639
27,878101,49945,120
28,663104,76746,645
29,417108,17148,065

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

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 Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.