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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 FasoOman
30,19211,0752,348
31,02511,4052,403
31,91911,8282,457
32,86512,3802,510
33,84612,8292,562
34,88013,1782,613
35,96113,5402,663
37,09313,9172,713
38,24814,3092,764
39,44114,7222,816
40,66815,1522,871
41,90015,6002,928
43,19816,0642,986
44,47016,5633,047
45,63917,0723,110
46,80817,5753,174
47,98318,0943,240
49,09518,6213,307
50,20119,1573,375
51,35719,6983,444
52,52220,2423,512
53,69120,7883,582
54,86721,3363,651
55,92421,8893,696

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