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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Burkina Faso	Mongolia
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	11,075	2,433
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	11,405	2,461
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	11,828	2,489
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	12,380	2,519
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	12,829	2,547
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	13,178	2,574
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	13,540	2,602
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	13,917	2,633
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	14,309	2,666
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	14,722	2,702
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	15,152	2,741
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	15,600	2,783
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	16,064	2,827
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	16,563	2,870
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	17,072	2,912
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	17,575	2,953
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	18,094	2,993
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	18,621	3,031
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	19,157	3,068
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	19,698	3,103
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	20,242	3,171
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	20,788	3,231
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	21,336	3,284
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	21,889	3,333

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 Burkina Faso, Mongolia; the database as a whole is cited above.