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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Oman	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	55,924

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

Kenya

1904-1950: 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 Afghanistan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.