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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	Madagascar
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	15,259
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	15,707
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	16,162
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	16,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	17,114
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	17,610
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	18,120
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	18,641
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	19,173
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	19,717
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	20,272
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	20,837
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	21,413
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	21,999
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	22,593
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	23,196
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	23,806
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	24,423
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	25,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	25,671
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	26,302
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	26,936
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	27,573
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	28,237

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