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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	Iran	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	64,704	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	65,411	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	66,167	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	66,689	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	67,807	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	68,480	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	69,325	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	70,158	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	71,040	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	71,942	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	72,888	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	73,826	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	74,625	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	75,446	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	76,418	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	77,521	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	78,652	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	79,700	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	80,725	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	81,721	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	82,685	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,614	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	84,505	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	85,108	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

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.