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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	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	22,414	387
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	22,262	390
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	22,106	393
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	21,931	396
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	21,828	398
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	21,704	401
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	21,571	404
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	21,443	405
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	21,129	406
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	20,779	409
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	20,607	412
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	20,485	414
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	20,385	416
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	20,296	420
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	20,224	426
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	20,151	435
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	20,055	445
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	19,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	19,823	468
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	19,713	485
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	19,622	504
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	19,496	516
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	19,351	518
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	19,266	530

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.

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