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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	Oman	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	2,348	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	2,403	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	2,457	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	2,510	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	2,562	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	2,613	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	2,663	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	2,713	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	2,764	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	2,816	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	2,871	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	2,928	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	2,986	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	3,047	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	3,110	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	3,174	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	3,240	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	3,307	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	3,375	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	3,444	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	3,512	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	3,582	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	3,651	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	3,696	2,787	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.

All data sources

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, Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.