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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Brazil	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	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.

All data sources

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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.