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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Uganda	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	70	23,408	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	71	24,195	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	71	24,992	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	72	25,846	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	72	26,661	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	72	27,414	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	72	28,200	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	72	29,021	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	72	29,846	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	73	30,647	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	73	31,469	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	73	32,343	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	73	33,257	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	73	34,234	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	73	35,271	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	73	36,419	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	74	37,673	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	74	39,157	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	74	40,879	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	74	42,329	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	75	43,639	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	75	45,120	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	76	46,645	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	76	48,065	108,171

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