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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	117,924

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