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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Moldova	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	4,244	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	4,199	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	4,154	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	4,108	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	4,059	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	4,013	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	3,966	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	3,919	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	3,873	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	3,829	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	3,788	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	3,748	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	3,709	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,671	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,633	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,595	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,558	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,522	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,485	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,448	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,412	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,376	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,339	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,570	174,217

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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