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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Congo - Kinshasa	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	51,181	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	52,782	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	54,453	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	56,170	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	57,860	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	59,599	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	61,474	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	63,479	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	65,590	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	67,800	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	70,114	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	72,550	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	75,138	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	77,792	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	80,534	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	83,368	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	86,229	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	89,193	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	92,209	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	95,232	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	98,320	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	101,499	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	104,767	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	108,171	5,042

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.