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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	64,835

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