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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	Iceland	Denmark	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	5,322	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	5,339	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	5,358	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	5,377	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	5,391	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	5,404	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	5,420	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	5,438	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	5,461	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	5,494	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	5,524	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	5,548	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	5,571	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	5,592	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	5,614	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,644	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,683	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,730	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,766	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,795	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,818	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	5,831	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	5,855	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	5,907	34,280

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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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