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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Austria	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,039	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,059	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,090	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,130	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,166	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,217	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,274	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,317	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,344	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,370	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,390	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,410	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,476	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,527	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,594	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,680	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,791	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,847	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,890	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,930	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,969	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,004	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,107	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

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

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; the database as a whole is cited above.