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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kenya	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	279,040	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	282,162	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	284,969	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	287,625	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	290,108	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	292,805	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	295,517	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	298,380	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	301,231	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	304,094	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	306,772	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	309,327	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	311,583	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	313,878	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	316,060	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	318,386	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	320,739	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	323,072	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	325,122	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	326,838	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	328,330	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	331,512	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	332,032	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	333,288	83,811

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

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.