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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	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 Barbados, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.