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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	Tanzania	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	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, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.