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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	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	11,349

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