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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Kenya	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	30,192	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	31,025	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	31,919	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	32,865	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	33,846	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	34,880	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	35,961	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	37,093	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	38,248	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	39,441	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	40,668	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	41,900	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	43,198	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	44,470	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	45,639	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	46,808	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	47,983	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	49,095	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	50,201	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	51,357	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	52,522	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	53,691	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	54,867	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	55,924	1,330

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.