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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	Azerbaijan	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,056	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,127	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,194	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,257	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,319	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,391	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,475	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,565	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,657	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,750	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,842	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,933	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,025	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,117	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,210	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,302	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,393	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,481	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,567	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,649	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,727	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,802	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	9,874	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	9,918	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, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.