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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Switzerland	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	277	7,258	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	281	7,296	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	285	7,332	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	7,384	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	289	7,438	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	293	7,488	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	296	7,532	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	304	7,579	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	311	7,647	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,738	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,825	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,884	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,959	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	321	8,044	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	324	8,137	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,237	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,332	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,423	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,502	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,565	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,626	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,689	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	372	8,756	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	380	8,834	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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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.