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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Ghana	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	70	19,327	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	71	19,792	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	71	20,280	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	72	20,806	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	72	21,350	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	72	21,900	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	72	22,469	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	72	23,058	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	72	23,661	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	73	24,270	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	73	24,899	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	73	25,559	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	73	26,244	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	73	26,945	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	73	27,664	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	73	28,405	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	74	29,146	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	74	29,879	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	74	30,617	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	74	31,362	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	75	32,111	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	75	32,864	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	76	33,622	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	76	34,280	5,907

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 Dominica, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.