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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kenya	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	3,570

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.