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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	Romania	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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.