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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 - KinshasaEstonia
23,40851,1811,378
24,19552,7821,400
24,99254,4531,391
25,84656,1701,382
26,66157,8601,374
27,41459,5991,365
28,20061,4741,357
29,02163,4791,349
29,84665,5901,341
30,64767,8001,337
31,46970,1141,334
32,34372,5501,332
33,25775,1381,328
34,23477,7921,324
35,27180,5341,319
36,41983,3681,314
37,67386,2291,312
39,15789,1931,314
40,87992,2091,314
42,32995,2321,318
43,63998,3201,323
45,120101,4991,327
46,645104,7671,329
48,065108,1711,330

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