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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	Palestinian Territories	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	277	2,996	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,075	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,155	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,235	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,315	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,396	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	296	3,478	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	304	3,559	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	311	3,642	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	319	3,727	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	319	3,817	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	318	3,907	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	3,997	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	321	4,088	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	324	4,178	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	327	4,269	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	331	4,359	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	335	4,451	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	343	4,533	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	353	4,615	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	361	4,715	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	4,820	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	372	4,930	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,042	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 Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.