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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	Germany	Burkina Faso	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	11,075	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	11,405	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	11,828	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	12,380	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	12,829	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	13,178	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	13,540	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	13,917	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	14,309	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	14,722	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	15,152	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	15,600	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	16,064	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	16,563	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	17,072	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	17,575	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	18,094	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	18,621	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	19,157	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	19,698	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	20,242	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	20,788	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	21,336	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	21,889	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.

All data sources

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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