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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 - KinshasaHaiti
23,40851,1818,121
24,19552,7828,279
24,99254,4538,430
25,84656,1708,580
26,66157,8608,739
27,41459,5998,900
28,20061,4749,061
29,02163,4799,216
29,84665,5909,364
30,64767,8009,508
31,46970,1149,652
32,34372,5509,553
33,25775,1389,670
34,23477,7929,793
35,27180,5349,922
36,41983,36810,047
37,67386,22910,254
39,15789,19310,486
40,87992,20910,647
42,32995,23210,788
43,63998,32010,933
45,120101,49911,077
46,645104,76711,215
48,065108,17111,349

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