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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	7,666

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