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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sierra Leone	Congo - Kinshasa	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	3,736	51,181	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	3,809	52,782	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	4,043	54,453	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	4,287	56,170	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	4,466	57,860	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	4,602	59,599	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	4,708	61,474	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	4,818	63,479	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	4,918	65,590	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	5,023	67,800	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	5,132	70,114	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	5,246	72,550	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	5,364	75,138	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	5,486	77,792	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	5,613	80,534	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	5,744	83,368	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	5,879	86,229	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	6,019	89,193	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	6,163	92,209	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	6,312	95,232	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	6,461	98,320	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	6,611	101,499	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	6,761	104,767	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	6,910	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

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