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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosJordanGhana
2734,59119,327
2744,70019,792
2754,81120,280
2764,92320,806
2785,03721,350
2795,16121,900
2805,29522,469
2815,76523,058
2826,24323,661
2836,39724,270
2856,53824,899
2866,68025,559
2876,84026,244
2886,95226,945
2897,70627,664
2908,83928,405
2919,50629,146
2919,86329,879
29210,06630,617
29310,27331,362
29410,48032,111
29410,62832,864
29510,71633,622
29510,84934,280

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.

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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

Jordan

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.