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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 GhanaAlbaniaSwitzerland
19,3273,0857,258
19,7923,0657,296
20,2803,0477,332
20,8063,0387,384
21,3503,0267,438
21,9003,0147,488
22,4692,9987,532
23,0582,9797,579
23,6612,9577,647
24,2702,9347,738
24,8992,9157,825
25,5592,9007,884
26,2442,8927,959
26,9452,8888,044
27,6642,8828,137
28,4052,8768,237
29,1462,8688,332
29,8792,8638,423
30,6172,8618,502
31,3622,8548,565
32,1112,8428,626
32,8642,8258,689
33,6222,7998,756
34,2802,7878,834

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.

Switzerland

  • 1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
  • 1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.