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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 - KinshasaLibya
23,40851,1814,993
24,19552,7825,116
24,99254,4535,237
25,84656,1705,357
26,66157,8605,476
27,41459,5995,595
28,20061,4745,715
29,02163,4795,835
29,84665,5905,967
30,64767,8006,115
31,46970,1146,270
32,34372,5506,432
33,25775,1386,144
34,23477,7925,849
35,27180,5346,010
36,41983,3686,163
37,67386,2296,291
39,15789,1936,415
40,87992,2096,549
42,32995,2326,689
43,63998,3206,826
45,120101,4996,960
46,645104,7677,088
48,065108,1717,169

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