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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	Kenya	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	30,192	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	31,025	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	31,919	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	32,865	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	33,846	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	34,880	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	35,961	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	37,093	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	38,248	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	39,441	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	40,668	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	41,900	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	43,198	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	44,470	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	45,639	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	46,808	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	47,983	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	49,095	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	50,201	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	51,357	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	52,522	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	53,691	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	54,867	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	55,924	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.