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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 - KinshasaParaguay
30,19251,1815,366
31,02552,7825,473
31,91954,4535,579
32,86556,1705,683
33,84657,8605,786
34,88059,5995,886
35,96161,4745,984
37,09363,4796,080
38,24865,5906,173
39,44167,8006,264
40,66870,1146,352
41,90072,5506,438
43,19875,1386,522
44,47077,7926,605
45,63980,5346,688
46,80883,3686,769
47,98386,2296,850
49,09589,1936,930
50,20192,2097,012
51,35795,2327,095
52,52298,3207,179
53,691101,4997,263
54,867104,7677,348
55,924108,1717,432

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