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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 UgandaEstoniaCongo - Kinshasa
23,4081,37851,181
24,1951,40052,782
24,9921,39154,453
25,8461,38256,170
26,6611,37457,860
27,4141,36559,599
28,2001,35761,474
29,0211,34963,479
29,8461,34165,590
30,6471,33767,800
31,4691,33470,114
32,3431,33272,550
33,2571,32875,138
34,2341,32477,792
35,2711,31980,534
36,4191,31483,368
37,6731,31286,229
39,1571,31489,193
40,8791,31492,209
42,3291,31895,232
43,6391,32398,320
45,1201,327101,499
46,6451,329104,767
48,0651,330108,171

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 Estonia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.