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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	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	3,696	108,171

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