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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 FasoLuxembourg
30,19211,075433
31,02511,405438
31,91911,828443
32,86512,380448
33,84612,829454
34,88013,178460
35,96113,540467
37,09313,917474
38,24814,309482
39,44114,722491
40,66815,152500
41,90015,600509
43,19816,064521
44,47016,563533
45,63917,072547
46,80817,575560
47,98318,094571
49,09518,621586
50,20119,157599
51,35719,698610
52,52220,242623
53,69120,788633
54,86721,336643
55,92421,889651

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.