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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Burkina FasoKenya
11,07530,192
11,40531,025
11,82831,919
12,38032,865
12,82933,846
13,17834,880
13,54035,961
13,91737,093
14,30938,248
14,72239,441
15,15240,668
15,60041,900
16,06443,198
16,56344,470
17,07245,639
17,57546,808
18,09447,983
18,62149,095
19,15750,201
19,69851,357
20,24252,522
20,78853,691
21,33654,867
21,88955,924

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.