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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date KenyaBurkina Faso
30,19211,075
31,02511,405
31,91911,828
32,86512,380
33,84612,829
34,88013,178
35,96113,540
37,09313,917
38,24814,309
39,44114,722
40,66815,152
41,90015,600
43,19816,064
44,47016,563
45,63917,072
46,80817,575
47,98318,094
49,09518,621
50,20119,157
51,35719,698
52,52220,242
53,69120,788
54,86721,336
55,92421,889

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 Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.