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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 - KinshasaMoldova
30,19251,1814,244
31,02552,7824,199
31,91954,4534,154
32,86556,1704,108
33,84657,8604,059
34,88059,5994,013
35,96161,4743,966
37,09363,4793,919
38,24865,5903,873
39,44167,8003,829
40,66870,1143,788
41,90072,5503,748
43,19875,1383,709
44,47077,7923,671
45,63980,5343,633
46,80883,3683,595
47,98386,2293,558
49,09589,1933,522
50,20192,2093,485
51,35795,2323,448
52,52298,3203,412
53,691101,4993,376
54,867104,7673,339
55,924108,1713,570

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