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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	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	30,192	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	31,025	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	31,919	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	32,865	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	33,846	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	34,880	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	35,961	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	37,093	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	38,248	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	39,441	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	40,668	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	41,900	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	43,198	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	44,470	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	45,639	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	46,808	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	47,983	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	49,095	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	50,201	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	51,357	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	52,522	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	53,691	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	54,867	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	55,924	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828