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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	Ghana	Barbados	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	273	627
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	274	659
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	275	691
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	276	724
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	278	757
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	279	850
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	280	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	281	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	282	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	283	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	285	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	286	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	287	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	288	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	289	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	290	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	291	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	291	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	292	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	293	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	294	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	294	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	295	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	295	2,559

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 Barbados, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.