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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	Bolivia
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	8,007
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	8,177
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	8,351
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	8,529
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	8,711
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	8,895
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	9,081
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	9,268
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	9,457
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	9,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	9,836
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	10,024
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	10,211
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	10,397
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	10,581
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	10,763
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	10,942
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	11,118
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	11,289
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	11,456
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	11,621
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	11,775
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	11,917
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	12,060

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.

Bolivia

1846-1950: Herranz-Loncán, A. and Peres-Cajías (2016). “Bolivian GDP per capita since the mid-nineteenth century” Cliometrica 10: 99-128

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