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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	Canada	Burkina Faso	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	11,075	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	11,405	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	11,828	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	12,380	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	12,829	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	13,178	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	13,540	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	13,917	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	14,309	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	14,722	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	15,152	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	15,600	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	16,064	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	16,563	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	17,072	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	17,575	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	18,094	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	18,621	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	19,157	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	19,698	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	20,242	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	20,788	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	21,336	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	21,889	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

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.