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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date UgandaHondurasCongo - Kinshasa
23,4086,19851,181
24,1956,36752,782
24,9926,53554,453
25,8466,69856,170
26,6616,86357,860
27,4147,02859,599
28,2007,19461,474
29,0217,35963,479
29,8467,52265,590
30,6477,68267,800
31,4697,83970,114
32,3437,99172,550
33,2578,14175,138
34,2348,28877,792
35,2718,42980,534
36,4198,54683,368
37,6738,66186,229
39,1578,77089,193
40,8798,87892,209
42,3299,00295,232
43,6399,15498,320
45,1209,304101,499
46,6459,448104,767
48,0659,590108,171

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