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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	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	6,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.