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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	Costa Rica	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,785	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,867	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,951	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,021	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,079	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,145	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,212	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,278	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,338	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,400	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,467	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,544	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,587	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,648	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,707	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,768	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,827	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,885	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,942	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,998	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,052	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,105	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,158	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,185	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

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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.