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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	Spain	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	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

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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.