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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	Romania	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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.