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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Uganda	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	23,408	2,006	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	24,195	2,017	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	24,992	2,026	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	25,846	2,011	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	26,661	2,018	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	27,414	2,024	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	28,200	2,028	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	29,021	2,031	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	29,846	2,035	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	30,647	2,038	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	31,469	2,042	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	32,343	2,046	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	33,257	2,049	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	34,234	2,052	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	35,271	2,055	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	36,419	2,058	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	37,673	2,061	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	39,157	2,063	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	40,879	2,065	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	42,329	2,067	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	43,639	2,068	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	45,120	2,065	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	46,645	2,057	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	48,065	2,048	108,171

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.

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.