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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 - KinshasaAfghanistan
23,40851,18122,206
24,19552,78222,461
24,99254,45322,507
25,84656,17023,600
26,66157,86025,005
27,41459,59925,698
28,20061,47426,335
29,02163,47927,154
29,84665,59027,387
30,64767,80027,706
31,46970,11428,484
32,34372,55029,121
33,25775,13829,758
34,23477,79230,420
35,27180,53431,108
36,41983,36831,823
37,67386,22932,564
39,15789,19333,332
40,87992,20934,125
42,32995,23234,941
43,63998,32035,972
45,120101,49937,034
46,645104,76738,127
48,065108,17139,252

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.