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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	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	19,327	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	19,792	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	20,280	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	20,806	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	21,350	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	21,900	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	22,469	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	23,058	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	23,661	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	24,270	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	24,899	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	25,559	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	26,244	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	26,945	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	27,664	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	28,405	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	29,146	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	29,879	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	30,617	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	31,362	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	32,111	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	32,864	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	33,622	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	34,280	5,042

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.