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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	Sierra Leone	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,736	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,809	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,043	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,287	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,466	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,602	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,708	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,818	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,918	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,023	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,132	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,246	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,364	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,486	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,613	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,744	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,879	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	6,019	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	6,163	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	6,312	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	6,461	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,611	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,761	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,910	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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.