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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Congo - Kinshasa	Kenya	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	30,192	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	31,025	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	31,919	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	32,865	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	33,846	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	34,880	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	35,961	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	37,093	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	38,248	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	39,441	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	40,668	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	41,900	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	43,198	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	44,470	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	45,639	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	46,808	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	47,983	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	49,095	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	50,201	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	51,357	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	52,522	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	53,691	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	54,867	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	55,924	31,058

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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.