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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	Barbados	Bolivia	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,007	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,177	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,351	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,529	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,711	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,895	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,081	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,268	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,457	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,647	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,836	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,024	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,211	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,397	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,581	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,763	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,942	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,118	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,289	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,456	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,621	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,775	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,917	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	12,060	34,280

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

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

Ghana

1885-1950: 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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.