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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 UgandaRomaniaCongo - Kinshasa
23,40822,41451,181
24,19522,26252,782
24,99222,10654,453
25,84621,93156,170
26,66121,82857,860
27,41421,70459,599
28,20021,57161,474
29,02121,44363,479
29,84621,12965,590
30,64720,77967,800
31,46920,60770,114
32,34320,48572,550
33,25720,38575,138
34,23420,29677,792
35,27120,22480,534
36,41920,15183,368
37,67320,05586,229
39,15719,93889,193
40,87919,82392,209
42,32919,71395,232
43,63919,62298,320
45,12019,496101,499
46,64519,351104,767
48,06519,266108,171

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.

Romania

  • 1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
  • 1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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