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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	28,237

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, Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.