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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	Mali	Oman	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	2,348	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	2,403	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	2,457	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	2,510	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	2,562	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	2,613	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	2,663	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	2,713	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	2,764	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	2,816	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	2,871	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	2,928	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	2,986	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	3,047	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	3,110	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	3,174	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	3,240	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	3,307	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	3,375	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	3,444	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	3,512	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	3,582	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	3,651	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	3,696	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 Mali, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.