Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Kenya
Jordan

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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	Jordan
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	4,591
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	4,700
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	4,811
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	4,923
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	5,037
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	5,161
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	5,295
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	5,765
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	6,243
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	6,397
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	6,538
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	6,680
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	6,840
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	6,952
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	7,706
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	8,839
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	9,506
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	9,863
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	10,066
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	10,273
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	10,480
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	10,628
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	10,716
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	10,849

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.

Jordan

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
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