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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kenya	Congo - Kinshasa	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	51,181	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	52,782	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	54,453	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	56,170	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	57,860	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	59,599	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	61,474	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	63,479	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	65,590	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	67,800	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	70,114	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	72,550	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	75,138	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	77,792	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	80,534	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	83,368	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	86,229	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	89,193	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	92,209	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	95,232	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	98,320	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	101,499	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	104,767	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	108,171	7,666

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