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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	51,181	11,075	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	52,782	11,405	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	54,453	11,828	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	56,170	12,380	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,860	12,829	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	59,599	13,178	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	61,474	13,540	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,479	13,917	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	65,590	14,309	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	67,800	14,722	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	70,114	15,152	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	72,550	15,600	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	75,138	16,064	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	77,792	16,563	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,534	17,072	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	83,368	17,575	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	86,229	18,094	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	89,193	18,621	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	92,209	19,157	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	95,232	19,698	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	98,320	20,242	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	101,499	20,788	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	104,767	21,336	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	108,171	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

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