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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	Benin	Albania	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	3,085	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	3,065	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	3,047	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	3,038	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	3,026	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	3,014	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	2,998	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	2,979	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	2,957	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	2,934	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	2,915	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	2,900	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	2,892	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	2,888	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	2,882	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	2,876	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	2,868	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	2,863	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	2,861	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	2,854	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	2,842	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	2,825	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	2,799	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	2,787	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 Benin, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.