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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	Iceland	Congo - Kinshasa	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	51,181	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	52,782	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	54,453	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	56,170	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	57,860	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	59,599	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	61,474	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	63,479	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	65,590	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	67,800	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	70,114	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	72,550	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	75,138	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	77,792	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	80,534	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	83,368	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	86,229	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	89,193	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	92,209	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	95,232	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	98,320	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	101,499	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	104,767	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	108,171	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.