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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	16,514

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 Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.