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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	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	433
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	438
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	443
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	448
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	454
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	460
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	467
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	474
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	482
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	491
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	500
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	509
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	521
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	533
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	547
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	560
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	571
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	586
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	599
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	610
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	623
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	633
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	643
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	651

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.