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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	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	633
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	648
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	665
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	707
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	773
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	839
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	907
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	974
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	1,521

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, Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.