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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	Portugal	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,144	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,215	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,344	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,383	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,408	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,427	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,446	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,467	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,482	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,492	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,497	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,481	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,439	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,382	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,326	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,283	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,251	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,226	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,209	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,212	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,223	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,214	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,200	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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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; the database as a whole is cited above.