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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	64,835

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