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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Kenya	Oman	Germany
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	2,348	81,439
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	2,403	81,474
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	2,457	81,534
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	2,510	81,595
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	2,562	81,566
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	2,613	81,473
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	2,663	81,354
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	2,713	81,190
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	2,764	81,009
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	2,816	80,781
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	2,871	80,500
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	2,928	80,301
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	2,986	80,292
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	3,047	80,443
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	3,110	80,663
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	3,174	81,000
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	3,240	81,704
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	3,307	82,366
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	3,375	82,674
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	3,444	82,923
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	3,512	83,110
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	3,582	83,178
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	3,651	83,213
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	3,696	83,811

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.