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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	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	83,811	295

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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