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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LaosCongo - KinshasaUganda
5,28651,18123,408
5,39752,78224,195
5,49954,45324,992
5,57856,17025,846
5,65457,86026,661
5,74659,59927,414
5,83661,47428,200
5,93163,47929,021
6,03565,59029,846
6,14567,80030,647
6,25770,11431,469
6,36872,55032,343
6,47775,13833,257
6,58677,79234,234
6,69580,53435,271
6,80483,36836,419
6,91286,22937,673
7,01989,19339,157
7,12792,20940,879
7,23495,23242,329
7,34398,32043,639
7,452101,49945,120
7,560104,76746,645
7,666108,17148,065

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