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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Norway	Congo - Kinshasa	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	4,463	51,181	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	4,492	52,782	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	4,515	54,453	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	4,539	56,170	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	4,566	57,860	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	4,593	59,599	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	4,624	61,474	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	4,662	63,479	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	4,710	65,590	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	4,769	67,800	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	4,830	70,114	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	4,890	72,550	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	4,954	75,138	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	5,020	77,792	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	5,081	80,534	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	5,138	83,368	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	5,191	86,229	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	5,237	89,193	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	5,278	92,209	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	5,313	95,232	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	5,349	98,320	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	5,380	101,499	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	5,409	104,767	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	5,458	108,171	48,065

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

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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.