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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	Dominica	Albania	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	3,085	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	3,065	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	3,047	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	3,038	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	3,026	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	3,014	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	2,998	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	2,979	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	2,957	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	2,934	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	2,915	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	2,900	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	2,892	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	2,888	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	2,882	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	2,876	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	2,868	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	2,863	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	2,861	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	2,854	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	2,842	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	2,825	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	2,799	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	2,787	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, Dominica, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.