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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	Yemen	Romania	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	22,414	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	22,262	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	22,106	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	21,931	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	21,828	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	21,704	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	21,571	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	21,443	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	21,129	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	20,779	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	20,607	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	20,485	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	20,385	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	20,296	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	20,224	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	20,151	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	20,055	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	19,938	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	19,823	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	19,713	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	19,622	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	19,496	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	19,351	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	19,266	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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