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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	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	19,512

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