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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 TunisiaBurkina FasoKenya
9,41711,07530,192
9,51411,40531,025
9,61311,82831,919
9,71112,38032,865
9,81012,82933,846
9,90613,17834,880
9,99713,54035,961
10,08713,91737,093
10,17814,30938,248
10,27414,72239,441
10,37715,15240,668
10,49115,60041,900
10,61216,06443,198
10,73716,56344,470
10,86617,07245,639
10,99617,57546,808
11,12418,09447,983
11,24818,62149,095
11,36519,15750,201
11,47719,69851,357
11,58320,24252,522
11,68120,78853,691
11,77221,33654,867
11,86221,88955,924

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 Tunisia, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.