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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	Dominica	Iceland	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	70	277	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	71	281	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	71	285	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	72	288	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	72	289	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	72	293	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	72	296	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	72	304	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	72	311	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	73	319	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	73	319	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	73	318	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	73	319	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	73	321	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	73	324	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	73	327	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	74	331	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	74	335	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	74	343	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	74	353	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	75	361	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	75	366	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	76	372	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	76	380	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.