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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date GhanaAlbania
19,3273,085
19,7923,065
20,2803,047
20,8063,038
21,3503,026
21,9003,014
22,4692,998
23,0582,979
23,6612,957
24,2702,934
24,8992,915
25,5592,900
26,2442,892
26,9452,888
27,6642,882
28,4052,876
29,1462,868
29,8792,863
30,6172,861
31,3622,854
32,1112,842
32,8642,825
33,6222,799
34,2802,787

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 Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.