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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 TunisiaCongo - KinshasaKenya
9,41751,18130,192
9,51452,78231,025
9,61354,45331,919
9,71156,17032,865
9,81057,86033,846
9,90659,59934,880
9,99761,47435,961
10,08763,47937,093
10,17865,59038,248
10,27467,80039,441
10,37770,11440,668
10,49172,55041,900
10,61275,13843,198
10,73777,79244,470
10,86680,53445,639
10,99683,36846,808
11,12486,22947,983
11,24889,19349,095
11,36592,20950,201
11,47795,23251,357
11,58398,32052,522
11,681101,49953,691
11,772104,76754,867
11,862108,17155,924

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.