Population, long-run history: compare countries

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Kenya
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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	18,494

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 Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.