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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	Sudan	Moldova	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	26,168	4,244	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	26,771	4,199	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	27,387	4,154	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	28,017	4,108	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	28,662	4,059	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	29,321	4,013	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	29,996	3,966	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,686	3,919	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,393	3,873	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	32,137	3,829	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,078	3,788	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	33,891	3,748	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,568	3,709	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	35,293	3,671	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	36,093	3,633	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	37,058	3,595	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	38,165	3,558	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,294	3,522	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,512	3,485	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	41,764	3,448	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	42,952	3,412	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	44,121	3,376	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	45,290	3,339	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	46,498	3,570	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.

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

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, Sudan, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.