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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Oman	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,348	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	2,403	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	2,457	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	2,510	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	2,562	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	2,613	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	2,663	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	2,713	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	2,764	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	2,816	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	2,871	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	2,928	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	2,986	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,047	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,110	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,174	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,240	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,307	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,375	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,444	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,512	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,582	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,651	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,696	10,099

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 Oman, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.