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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 UgandaSaudi ArabiaCongo - Kinshasa
23,40819,96451,181
24,19520,42652,782
24,99220,95654,453
25,84621,54956,170
26,66122,18957,860
27,41422,85059,599
28,20023,51661,474
29,02124,17863,479
29,84624,84165,590
30,64725,51867,800
31,46926,22770,114
32,34327,06872,550
33,25727,81075,138
34,23428,51677,792
35,27129,22080,534
36,41929,93683,368
37,67330,64686,229
39,15731,36089,193
40,87932,18492,209
42,32932,86995,232
43,63933,66198,320
45,12034,542101,499
46,64533,651104,767
48,06534,081108,171

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.

Saudi Arabia

  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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