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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	Niger	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,424	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,785	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,170	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,580	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,015	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	12,472	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	12,954	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,459	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,986	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,532	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,092	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,669	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,263	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,903	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,569	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,242	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,957	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,708	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	20,462	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	21,228	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	22,023	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	22,842	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,691	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	24,587	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, Niger; the database as a whole is cited above.