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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	Dominica	Puerto Rico	Ghana
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,800	19,327
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,811	19,792
Dec 31, 2001	71	3,819	20,280
Dec 31, 2002	72	3,824	20,806
Dec 31, 2003	72	3,826	21,350
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,827	21,900
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,822	22,469
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,805	23,058
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,783	23,661
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,761	24,270
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,741	24,899
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,722	25,559
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,679	26,244
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,636	26,945
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,589	27,664
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,534	28,405
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,473	29,146
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,411	29,879
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,352	30,617
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,295	31,362
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,268	32,111
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,247	32,864
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,232	33,622
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,228	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 Dominica, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.