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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Congo - Kinshasa	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	51,181	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	52,782	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	54,453	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	56,170	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	57,860	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	59,599	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	61,474	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	63,479	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	65,590	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	67,800	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	70,114	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	72,550	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	75,138	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	77,792	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	80,534	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	83,368	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	86,229	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	89,193	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	92,209	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	95,232	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	98,320	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	101,499	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	104,767	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	108,171	18,494

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