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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 KenyaCongo - KinshasaAlbania
30,19251,1813,085
31,02552,7823,065
31,91954,4533,047
32,86556,1703,038
33,84657,8603,026
34,88059,5993,014
35,96161,4742,998
37,09363,4792,979
38,24865,5902,957
39,44167,8002,934
40,66870,1142,915
41,90072,5502,900
43,19875,1382,892
44,47077,7922,888
45,63980,5342,882
46,80883,3682,876
47,98386,2292,868
49,09589,1932,863
50,20192,2092,861
51,35795,2322,854
52,52298,3202,842
53,691101,4992,825
54,867104,7672,799
55,924108,1712,787

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