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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	46,498

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