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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date QatarKenya
62730,192
65931,025
69131,919
72432,865
75733,846
85034,880
1,00135,961
1,15337,093
1,30638,248
1,46039,441
1,61540,668
1,77041,900
1,90443,198
2,01044,470
2,10345,639
2,18746,808
2,26147,983
2,32649,095
2,38450,201
2,43551,357
2,48052,522
2,51953,691
2,55354,867
2,55955,924

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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.