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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kenya	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	39,252

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.

No separate list is published for Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.