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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	Cameroon	Oman	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	15,483	2,348	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	15,913	2,403	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	16,354	2,457	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	16,815	2,510	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	17,289	2,562	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	17,764	2,613	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	18,249	2,663	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	18,746	2,713	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	19,278	2,764	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	19,843	2,816	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	20,419	2,871	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	21,002	2,928	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	21,586	2,986	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	22,181	3,047	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	22,800	3,110	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	23,513	3,174	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	24,273	3,240	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	24,995	3,307	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	25,680	3,375	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	26,373	3,444	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	27,114	3,512	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	27,878	3,582	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	28,663	3,651	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	29,417	3,696	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 Cameroon, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.