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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 FasoPalestinian Territories
30,19211,0752,996
31,02511,4053,075
31,91911,8283,155
32,86512,3803,235
33,84612,8293,315
34,88013,1783,396
35,96113,5403,478
37,09313,9173,559
38,24814,3093,642
39,44114,7223,727
40,66815,1523,817
41,90015,6003,907
43,19816,0643,997
44,47016,5634,088
45,63917,0724,178
46,80817,5754,269
47,98318,0944,359
49,09518,6214,451
50,20119,1574,533
51,35719,6984,615
52,52220,2424,715
53,69120,7884,820
54,86721,3364,930
55,92421,8895,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.