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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	Luxembourg	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	433	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	438	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	443	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	448	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	454	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	460	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	467	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	474	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	482	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	491	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	500	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	509	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	521	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	533	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	547	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	560	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	571	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	586	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	599	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	610	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	623	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	633	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	643	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	651	55,924

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.