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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	Uzbekistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	24,701
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	25,042
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	25,372
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	25,696
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	25,992
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	26,268
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	26,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	26,812
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	27,081
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	27,347
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	27,609
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	27,869
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	28,132
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	28,398
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	28,666
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	28,934
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	29,205
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	29,480
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	29,756
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	30,031
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	30,305
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	30,576
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	30,843
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	31,337

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