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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	Ghana	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	19,327	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	19,792	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	20,280	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	20,806	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	21,350	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	21,900	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	22,469	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	23,058	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	23,661	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	24,270	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	24,899	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	25,559	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	26,244	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	26,945	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	27,664	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	28,405	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	29,146	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	29,879	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	30,617	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	31,362	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	32,111	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	32,864	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	33,622	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	34,280	10,099

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.