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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	Ghana	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	21,889

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