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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	Romania	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	22,414	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	22,262	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	22,106	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	21,931	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	21,828	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	21,704	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	21,571	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	21,443	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	21,129	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	20,779	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	20,607	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	20,485	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	20,385	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	20,296	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	20,224	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	20,151	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	20,055	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	19,938	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	19,823	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	19,713	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	19,622	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	19,496	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	19,351	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	19,266	46,498

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.