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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 UgandaCongo - Kinshasa
23,40851,181
24,19552,782
24,99254,453
25,84656,170
26,66157,860
27,41459,599
28,20061,474
29,02163,479
29,84665,590
30,64767,800
31,46970,114
32,34372,550
33,25775,138
34,23477,792
35,27180,534
36,41983,368
37,67386,229
39,15789,193
40,87992,209
42,32995,232
43,63998,320
45,120101,499
46,645104,767
48,065108,171

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