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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	Sudan	Oman	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	2,348	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	2,403	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	2,457	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	2,510	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	2,562	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	2,613	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	2,663	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	2,713	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	2,764	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	2,816	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	2,871	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	2,928	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	2,986	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,047	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,110	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,174	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,240	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,307	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,375	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,444	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,512	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,582	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,651	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,696	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.

All data sources

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, Sudan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.