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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	Iceland	Kenya	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,192	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	31,025	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,919	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	32,865	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	33,846	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	34,880	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	35,961	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	37,093	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,248	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	39,441	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	40,668	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	41,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	43,198	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,470	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,639	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,808	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	47,983	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	49,095	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	50,201	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,357	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	52,522	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	53,691	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	54,867	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	55,924	651

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.