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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Turkmenistan	Congo - Kinshasa	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	4,324	51,181	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	4,385	52,782	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	4,444	54,453	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	4,502	56,170	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	4,556	57,860	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	4,608	59,599	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	4,664	61,474	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	4,719	63,479	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	4,773	65,590	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	4,828	67,800	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	4,884	70,114	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	4,940	72,550	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	4,996	75,138	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	5,053	77,792	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	5,110	80,534	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	5,169	83,368	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	5,227	86,229	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	5,287	89,193	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	5,346	92,209	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	5,405	95,232	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	5,464	98,320	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	5,522	101,499	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	5,579	104,767	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	5,657	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 Turkmenistan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.