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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	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	530	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.

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