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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	6,291

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 Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.