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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 ParaguayUgandaCongo - Kinshasa
5,36623,40851,181
5,47324,19552,782
5,57924,99254,453
5,68325,84656,170
5,78626,66157,860
5,88627,41459,599
5,98428,20061,474
6,08029,02163,479
6,17329,84665,590
6,26430,64767,800
6,35231,46970,114
6,43832,34372,550
6,52233,25775,138
6,60534,23477,792
6,68835,27180,534
6,76936,41983,368
6,85037,67386,229
6,93039,15789,193
7,01240,87992,209
7,09542,32995,232
7,17943,63998,320
7,26345,120101,499
7,34846,645104,767
7,43248,065108,171

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