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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosKenyaSt. Lucia
27330,192152
27431,025153
27531,919154
27632,865155
27833,846156
27934,880157
28035,961157
28137,093158
28238,248159
28339,441160
28540,668160
28641,900161
28743,198162
28844,470162
28945,639163
29046,808163
29147,983164
29149,095164
29250,201165
29351,357166
29452,522166
29453,691167
29554,867167
29555,924167

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

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.