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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	51,181	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	52,782	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	54,453	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	56,170	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	57,860	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	59,599	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	61,474	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	63,479	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	65,590	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	67,800	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	70,114	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	72,550	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	75,138	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	77,792	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	80,534	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	83,368	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	86,229	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	89,193	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	92,209	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	95,232	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	98,320	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	101,499	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	104,767	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	108,171	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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.