Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Kenya
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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kenya	Iran
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	64,704
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	65,411
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	66,167
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	66,689
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	67,807
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	68,480
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	69,325
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	70,158
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	71,040
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	71,942
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	72,888
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	73,826
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	74,625
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	75,446
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	76,418
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	77,521
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	78,652
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	79,700
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	80,725
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	81,721
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	82,685
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	83,614
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	84,505
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	85,108

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.

Iran

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828