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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 North MacedoniaCongo - KinshasaUganda
2,00651,18123,408
2,01752,78224,195
2,02654,45324,992
2,01156,17025,846
2,01857,86026,661
2,02459,59927,414
2,02861,47428,200
2,03163,47929,021
2,03565,59029,846
2,03867,80030,647
2,04270,11431,469
2,04672,55032,343
2,04975,13833,257
2,05277,79234,234
2,05580,53435,271
2,05883,36836,419
2,06186,22937,673
2,06389,19339,157
2,06592,20940,879
2,06795,23242,329
2,06898,32043,639
2,065101,49945,120
2,057104,76746,645
2,048108,17148,065

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

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.