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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kenya	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	1,330

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 Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.