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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	273	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	274	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	275	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	276	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	278	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	279	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	280	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	281	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	282	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	283	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	285	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	286	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	287	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	288	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	289	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	290	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	291	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	291	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	292	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	293	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	294	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	294	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	295	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	295	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.