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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,192	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	31,025	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,919	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	32,865	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	33,846	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	34,880	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	35,961	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	37,093	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	38,248	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	39,441	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	40,668	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	41,900	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	43,198	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,470	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,639	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,808	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	47,983	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	49,095	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	50,201	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,357	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	52,522	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	53,691	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	54,867	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	55,924	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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