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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	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	2,059

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