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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 - KinshasaLebanon
23,40851,1813,460
24,19552,7823,499
24,99254,4533,554
25,84656,1703,610
26,66157,8603,665
27,41459,5993,721
28,20061,4743,777
29,02163,4793,853
29,84665,5903,954
30,64767,8004,036
31,46970,1144,082
32,34372,5504,097
33,25775,1384,115
34,23477,7924,206
35,27180,5344,696
36,41983,3685,365
37,67386,2295,640
39,15789,1935,688
40,87992,2095,680
42,32995,2325,562
43,63998,3205,331
45,120101,4994,986
46,645104,7674,802
48,065108,1714,713

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.

Lebanon

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.