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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Kenya	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,192	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	281	31,025	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,919	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	288	32,865	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	289	33,846	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	293	34,880	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	296	35,961	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	304	37,093	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,248	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	319	39,441	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	319	40,668	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	318	41,900	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	319	43,198	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	321	44,470	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	324	45,639	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	327	46,808	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	47,983	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	335	49,095	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	343	50,201	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	353	51,357	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	361	52,522	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	366	53,691	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	372	54,867	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	380	55,924	46,498

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 Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.