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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	Dominica	Ghana	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	19,327	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	19,792	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	20,280	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	20,806	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	21,350	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	21,900	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	22,469	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	23,058	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	23,661	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	24,270	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	24,899	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	25,559	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	26,244	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	26,945	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	27,664	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	28,405	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	29,146	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	29,879	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	30,617	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	31,362	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	32,111	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	32,864	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	33,622	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	34,280	19,266

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

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.