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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	Slovenia
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	1,998
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	2,004
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	2,006
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	2,009
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	2,010
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	2,011
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	2,015
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	2,022
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	2,033
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	2,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	2,056
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	2,063
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	2,067
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	2,071
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	2,074
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	2,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	2,078
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	2,079
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	2,081
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	2,087
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	2,104
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	2,118
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	2,123
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	2,124

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.

Slovenia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.