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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	51,181	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	52,782	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	54,453	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	56,170	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	57,860	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	59,599	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	61,474	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	63,479	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	65,590	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	67,800	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	70,114	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	72,550	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	75,138	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	77,792	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	80,534	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	83,368	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	86,229	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	89,193	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	92,209	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	95,232	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	98,320	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	101,499	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	104,767	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	108,171	21,889

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.