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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 IsraelCongo - KinshasaUganda
5,92751,18123,408
6,08852,78224,195
6,23654,45324,992
6,36656,17025,846
6,48457,86026,661
6,60359,59927,414
6,72361,47428,200
6,84663,47929,021
6,97265,59029,846
7,10067,80030,647
7,22670,11431,469
7,36072,55032,343
7,49875,13833,257
7,63777,79234,234
7,78180,53435,271
7,93183,36836,419
8,09186,22937,673
8,25189,19339,157
8,41292,20940,879
8,57695,23242,329
8,74298,32043,639
8,899101,49945,120
9,047104,76746,645
9,188108,17148,065

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

Israel

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91

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.