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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 MoroccoCongo - KinshasaUganda
28,40051,18123,408
28,74452,78224,195
29,09454,45324,992
29,44756,17025,846
29,80657,86026,661
30,16959,59927,414
30,55261,47428,200
30,95363,47929,021
31,35465,59029,846
31,75467,80030,647
32,15470,11431,469
32,55372,55032,343
32,95175,13833,257
33,34677,79234,234
33,73780,53435,271
34,12483,36836,419
34,51186,22937,673
34,89889,19339,157
35,27992,20940,879
35,65395,23242,329
36,01898,32043,639
36,375101,49945,120
36,723104,76746,645
37,101108,17148,065

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