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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 - KinshasaOman
23,40851,1812,348
24,19552,7822,403
24,99254,4532,457
25,84656,1702,510
26,66157,8602,562
27,41459,5992,613
28,20061,4742,663
29,02163,4792,713
29,84665,5902,764
30,64767,8002,816
31,46970,1142,871
32,34372,5502,928
33,25775,1382,986
34,23477,7923,047
35,27180,5343,110
36,41983,3683,174
37,67386,2293,240
39,15789,1933,307
40,87992,2093,375
42,32995,2323,444
43,63998,3203,512
45,120101,4993,582
46,645104,7673,651
48,065108,1713,696

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