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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	Kenya	Burkina Faso	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	11,075	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	11,405	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	11,828	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	12,380	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	12,829	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	13,178	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	13,540	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	13,917	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	14,309	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	14,722	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	15,152	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	15,600	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	16,064	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	16,563	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	17,072	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	17,575	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	18,094	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	18,621	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	19,157	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	19,698	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	20,242	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	20,788	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	21,336	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	21,889	5,907

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, Burkina Faso, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.