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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 MauritaniaCongo - KinshasaUganda
2,43751,18123,408
2,50152,78224,195
2,56654,45324,992
2,63256,17025,846
2,69957,86026,661
2,76859,59927,414
2,83861,47428,200
2,90963,47929,021
2,98165,59029,846
3,05567,80030,647
3,12970,11431,469
3,20572,55032,343
3,28275,13833,257
3,35977,79234,234
3,43880,53435,271
3,51783,36836,419
3,59786,22937,673
3,67789,19339,157
3,75992,20940,879
3,84095,23242,329
3,94298,32043,639
4,045101,49945,120
4,150104,76746,645
4,259108,17148,065

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