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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	39,252

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 Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.