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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Yemen	Uganda	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	23,408	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	24,195	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	24,992	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	25,846	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	26,661	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	27,414	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	28,200	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	29,021	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	29,846	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	30,647	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	31,469	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	32,343	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	33,257	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	34,234	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	35,271	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	36,419	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	37,673	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	39,157	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	40,879	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	42,329	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	43,639	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	45,120	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	46,645	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	48,065	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.

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