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

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.