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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date KenyaMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
30,1924,24451,181
31,0254,19952,782
31,9194,15454,453
32,8654,10856,170
33,8464,05957,860
34,8804,01359,599
35,9613,96661,474
37,0933,91963,479
38,2483,87365,590
39,4413,82967,800
40,6683,78870,114
41,9003,74872,550
43,1983,70975,138
44,4703,67177,792
45,6393,63380,534
46,8083,59583,368
47,9833,55886,229
49,0953,52289,193
50,2013,48592,209
51,3573,44895,232
52,5223,41298,320
53,6913,376101,499
54,8673,339104,767
55,9243,570108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.