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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	Cambodia	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	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.

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