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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	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	19,266

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.