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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kenya	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	3,085	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	3,065	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	3,047	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	3,038	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	3,026	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	3,014	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	2,998	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	2,979	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	2,957	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	2,934	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	2,915	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	2,900	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	2,892	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	2,888	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	2,882	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	2,876	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	2,868	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	2,863	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	2,861	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	2,854	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	2,842	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	2,825	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	2,799	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	2,787	108,171

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 Albania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.